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Domestic Violence By Michelle Phipps-Evans WI Staff Writer

Foster care placement is one of the childhood factors, which By Tia Carolrisk Jones predicts adult homelessness. A WI Staff Writer mother with a childhood history of When foster care far more23-yearlikely to L.Y. isMarlow's old daughter told than her the become homeless onefather who of her daughter her has never entered threatened the foster care life, and the life of their child, system. sheDarlesha knew something be Joyner is had one tosuch done. Out of her frustration mother who comprises more than with law enforcement's 6,500 District residentshandling without of the situation, she decided to permanent homes. start the Saving Promise cam“I’m tired and frustrated,” said paign. Joyner, 22, to who “It seems be entered a viciousMarycycle land’s foster care at 14 that won't turn system my family years old.Marlow Her 18-month-old son loose,” said. Marlow rested hipwith withthe hisaudilegs shared on her her story akimbo. is not only ence at “My the issue District Heights Domestic Symposium with living Violence in the shelter but even on MayI7don’t at the District before. want to beHeights here.” Municipal Center. Thea sympoSince January, Joyner, mother sium sponsored by D.C. the of two,was has lived in the old Family and Youth Services General Hospital, which was reCenter city ofshelter District purposedofasthe a family in Heights and the National HookSoutheast. Recent reports indiUp of Black Women. cate it houses families with Marlow has 284 written a book, nearly 600 children, more than “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a half them four undergenerations the age of 12. storyofabout of Joyner experienced a series domestic violence. The book ofis losses over short At four inspired by aher owntime. experiences, years old, her mother died. Her and those of her grandmother, her mother and atherseven. daughter. father followed One She said every grandmother diedtime whensheshereads was excerpts from herat book, she still 10 and another 14. Since the can of not seven, believeshe thewas words came age bounced from Butterfly” aroundher. by “Color family Me members, livwon the 2007 National ing from house to house, “Best until Books” Award. she entered foster care, the native “I was just 16-years-old when Washingtonian said. my eye first blackened and my family saidsaid. I was hard lips“My bled,” Marlow headed,” said Joyner whopresihas Elaine Davis-Nickens, adent learning 18, she of thedisability. NationalAtHook-Up emancipated herself leaving of Black Women, said by there is no the foster care system, got into consistency in the way domestic domestic violence lived violence issues aresituations, dealt with by in hallways and slept outdoors. She joined several persons who testified at Ward 1 Council member Jim Graham’s public oversight hearing on D.C. General’s services and management onsite at the shelter on Feb. 28. “These children are wards of the city and we have special responsibility for them,” said Graham, chair of the Committee on Human Services with oversight authority over D.C. General. “In the process, we become their parents, and we should anticipate their needs when they’re emancipated.” One woman revealed she was a foster child from 2 to 21 years old, and now lives at D.C. General. The D.C. Child and Family Ser-

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law enforcement. She said they threat,” she said. had come together to bring a Among the programs Marlow sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are domestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicstory, her own personal pain to tim, a domestic violence assesspush forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further said about Marlow. training for law enforcement Davis-Nickens said anyone agencies, a Child's Life Protecwho reads Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counsel“get it.” She said she “puts the ing for batterers. case in such a way, the average “If we are ever going to eradiperson can get it.” She said at the cate domestic violence, we must Chaunna Leonard daughter he testifies aboutsides the conditions in end of the day,holds thehisbook willwhilelook at both of the coin. D.C. Sheltertoforhave Homeless Council member help General’s people begin a dia-Families We during need to address bothJim the vicGraham’s public oversightviolence. hearing on Feb.tim 28 inand Southeast. /Photo by Roy Lewis logue about domestic the batterer,” Marlow Also present at the event was said. Mildred Muhammad, the exMarlow would also like to see vices (CFSA), the city’s programs not defined designed by age, but to by scope wife ofAgency John Allen Muhammad, raise child welfare agency, reported in of need.” who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in 2008 one-third of public Young foster care utive that life more termsthan without parole andpeople privateinschools. She the leaving system at feels leave children placements duetotobeconflicts, by a youth Maryland jurythe for his role in need educat21 so withSniper “few orattacks none of the did Beltway in ed domestic or about they seek moreviolence. familiar sur2002. Mildred is roundings, “We have to stop the supports and Muhammad resources … to Riden said. being pasthe founder of After independent the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poorGraves, chilensure sustainable But, to Ressurrection an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” living.” reasons for leaving are more survivors of domestic violence Marlow said. This vexing national problem ominous. She said national eviandfoster their care children. Marlow has worked to break of becoming a breed- dence-based studies maintained “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, ing ground for future homeless that 20 to 30 percent of children years in fear is a long time. It is and is confident the policies she adults in foster carefor are sexually abused, not anisn’t easynew. thing to come out is pushing will start that The which leads to early emancipaof,” she1994 said.Green Book from the process. U.S. House Representatives, Mildred of Muhammad said tion. “I plan to take these policies to Committee Ways and Means,a Congress people whoon want to help and implore to “Child sexual abuse hasthem its own reported mid-1980s domestic that violence victimsurveys must change our laws,” Marlow said. set of traumas, which are linked indicated significant be careful of how they numbers go into “I not stop until these polito will adult homelessness,” said the homeless victim's life, and understand are passed.” of shelter users were cies Graves, a child sexual abuse exthat she discharged may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached recently from foster pert and survivor, and a homeless mode”. tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net care. The book provides data un- at mother for three years. Due to “Before you get to 'I'm going der the committee’s jurisdiction. herWI traumatic experiences Graves, to Children kill you,'“age it started as athe verbal out” of syswho was raised in the D.C. area, tem when they’re discharged from will launch in August a nonprofgovernment care, between 18 it that offers alternative shelter and 21. As young adults, they’re solutions for those seeking tranforced into pseudo independence sitional housing. with little resources to assume “The trauma of being removed adulthood. from the home causes disrupEarlier this month, the D.C. Alliance of Youth Advo- tions, and those build over time,” cates (DCAYA), a coalition of said Nicki Sanders, a Columbia, youth-engaged organizations and Md., social worker. “Children residents found that 40 percent in foster care move on average of D.C.’s homeless youth were in about seven times. They have new the foster care or juvenile justice schools, rules to follow, values, academic and social challenges. systems. “Young adults, under the best There’s instability in the life of a circumstances, don’t turn 18 or 21 foster child on a consistent basis, years old and magically become in many cases.” This cycle will probably conrational, self-sufficient adults; and a history of trauma, abuse or tinue for Joyner’s children. Her neglect further impacts their so- three-year-old daughter is in foscial-emotional development,” said ter care. “Our child and L.Y. familyMarlow welfare Maggie Riden, a DCAYA senior policy analyst at a council over- system continues to be a pipeline sight hearing. “To achieve lasting into homelessness and instability stability, this population needs an for hundreds of youth each year,” array of supportive resources … Riden added. wi

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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies to Congress and implore them to change our laws. I will not stop until these policies are passed.

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Taxes, Education and Redskins Debated at Ward 3 Forum The seven candidates who will be on the ballot for the April 23 special election for the D.C. Council talked about a number of issues facing the District at a forum on Feb. 28 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Northwest. Democrats Matthew Frumin, Michael Brown, Paul Zukerberg, Elissa Silverman and interim D.C. Council member Anita Bonds joined Republican Patrick Mara and Statehood Green Perry Redd at the event which attracted about 90 people. The Ward 3 Democratic Committee sponsored the forum. Ward 3 is home to many of the city’s most affluent residents and the candidates addressed their concerns in remarks made during the 90-minute event. “Many of you have supported me in the past and now that the ethical cloud about the criminal activity regarding my 2012 campaign is behind me, I want to build on a vision that I have for the city,” said Brown, a former atlarge member of the D.C. Council. “I want to be the champion for affordable housing, jobs for District residents and making sure that our city is business-friendly and family-friendly.” A few years ago, Brown, 47, led an effort on the D.C. Council to raise the income taxes of the www.washingtoninformer.com

city’s wealthier residents to 8.9 percent. However, some of his opponents indicated that they would work to cut the rate. “We need to reduce taxes in this city,” said Mara, 31. Frumin, 55, said that he supported the tax increase but wants to see what the D.C. Tax Revision Commission which is led by former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams will recommend for the city’s tax structure. Silverman, 40, said that it’s important “that better city services should be a result of [higher] taxes.” Bonds, 67, said that she would like to see the 8.9 percent level maintained. She said that “we need to keep it right now.” Education emerged as a key issue during the forum, with Bonds saying “the education system has been broken for some time.” “All of our education [components] needs to be combined under one administration,” she said. “We need more attention at the classroom level so that our students can learn more effectively. And yes, I believe that some of our schools should be closed.” Brown, who noted that his sons attended Lafayette Elementary School in Northwest, said that parents make the difference in whether their children attend a quality, neighborhood school. “Parents across the city should not have to wait hours in a line or sign up for a lottery to attend a school,” he said. Silverman said that the traditional public and charter school systems “aren’t working togeth-

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March 10 1913 – The “greatest conductor of the Underground Railroad” Harriet Tubman dies on this day in Auburn, New York. Born in slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1819 or 1820, Harriet was raised in harsh conditions including being whipped as a small child. But even as a child she was a person of strong wild and principle. 1972 – The first modern National Black Political Convention began on this day in Gary, Indiana. It drew over 3,000 delegates and 500 observers as well as participation from just about every major Black political and civil rights organization in the nation. However, some moderate civil rights groups, like the NAACP, withdrew after the convention adopted resolutions critical of busing and Israeli racism against the Palestinians. 2010 – Researchers at the University of New Hampshire declare 2010 the “tipping point” year when for the first time in history the number of babies born to minority women outnumbered the number born to white women. They project that the nation’s population will be majority Hispanic, Black and Asian in 40 years.

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Viewp int Lauren Reliford Washington, D.C. I do not think that congressional members should be paid when the decisions that they are not making are affecting the livelihoods of individuals, not just nationwide, but globally. Their inactivity and political grandstanding shouldn’t be rewarded with a paycheck, while a family worries about the effects of the furloughs that will dramatically change their financial situations, and even impacts their children’s access to medical care and education.

Tommy Taylor Washington, D.C. I believe congressional members should make a maximum salary that is equal to the median income for individuals in the states they represent. They should not get free gas for their cars or any of the other perks that make it almost impossible to feel the same pressure and concerns their constituents do. As they say, one should lead by example. So, I whole heartily agree that congressional members should be affected by their own decisions, or the lack thereof just as any other American.

THE SEQUESTER: SHOULD CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS BE PAID WHEN THEY REFUSE TO AGREE ON MEASURES THAT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE COMMUNITY?

Roberto Marron Carrillo Alexandria, Va. Why should we continue to pay [elected officials] hundreds of thousands of dollars, and fund their transportation to and from Capitol Hill, when they continue to refuse to look out for the best interest of the hard-working citizens of this country? They don’t care about their constituents, only their large paychecks.

Verris H. Turpin Washington, D.C. Congress should have their paychecks withheld [under] any circumstances in which they fail to act in the best interest of their constituents or the people they were elected to represent. I believe that congress should only get paid quarterly, and only after a vote is held by their constituents [who] determine their approval or disapproval.

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Teachers at Martha’s Table in Northwest lead preschoolers in exercise activities. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan estimates that 50,000 teachers will be laid off if the sequester takes full effect. And, 70,000 children will lose access to Head Start. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter WI-File Photo

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ed by Obama wasn’t able to reach consensus on how to reduce the deficit, which set the stage for a series of bruising battles between the GOP and Democrats on deficit spending and tax hikes. The arbitrary cuts were designed to be so onerous and unappealing that Democrats and Republicans would put their heads together and compromise on a range of budget cuts, close tax loopholes and raise revenue. But partisan politics, political brinksmanship and genuine philosophical differences on the size and scope of government have deepened the divide between both parties. While conservative Republicans grudgingly agreed to unprecedented budget increases at the end of last year to avoid the “fiscal cliff ”, they have been adamant about doing anything other than cutting social programs they call entitlement programs. At an event hosted by the Northwest-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, titled, “The Impact of Sequestration on the Health and Well-Being of Communities of Color”, panelists said minority communities who depend on federal assistance programs will be disproportionately affected. “While most Americans will feel the impact of the sequestration, it will have a devastating effect on communities of color as the budget axe falls on programs that many low-income people rely upon to stay healthy,” said The Washington Informer

Ralph B. Everett, president and CEO of the Joint Center at the March 1 discussion. “To pull the rug out from under them would not be wise. Without investment today, we will pay a higher price down the road.” Brian Smedley, Ph.D., vice president of the Joint Center and director of its Health Policy Institute, said sequestration will cause 600,000 women, infants, and children to lose WIC services, while 70,000 children won’t be able to take advantage of Head Start programs. In addition, community health centers will see 900,000 fewer patients, conduct 25,000 fewer cancer screenings and perform 424,000 fewer HIV tests that are covered by funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The proportion of minorities served by each program ranges from 46 to 77 percent, said Smedley. In the weeks leading up to the March 1 trigger, Obama and various federal agency heads had voiced their concerns about the cuts in a steady drumbeat of doom. Furloughs, budget cuts and delays could cripple Homeland Security, defense and law enforcement. Newly appointed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the $46 billion in cuts will definitely have an impact, but would not be as devastating as some contend, and certainly will not reduce the U.S. military to a second-rate power. Obama decried the lack of action by Republicans, describing the across-the-board cuts as a meat cleaver decimating social programs when a balanced ap-

proach is needed. “At a time when our businesses have finally begun to get some traction, hiring new workers, and bringing jobs back to America, we shouldn’t be making dumb, arbitrary cuts to things that businesses depend on and workers depend on like education and research and infrastructure and defense,” he said. “It’s unnecessary, and at a time when too many Americans are still looking for work, it’s inexcusable.” In a February 22 certification letter from Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi to Mayor Vincent Gray (D) and D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), Gandhi noted that the District and the nation has operated under a cloud of uncertainty, with the biggest uncertainty coming from “measures that the federal government might take to reduce federal deficits during an era of austerity that may last for some time.” The Washington metropolitan area is particularly susceptible to sequestration because of the profusion of federal government agencies, defense contractors and ancillary companies and entities that depend on them. About 25 percent of District residents work for the federal government and federal civilian employment accounts for 28 percent of all wages and salaried jobs in the city. In addition, federal contracting produces thousands of jobs and pumps billions of dollars into the local economy. Nissenbaum said sequestra-

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The inability by Congress and the Obama administration to agree on federal spending cuts led to automatic acrossthe-board cuts of $85 billion. Law Enforcement, the Federal Aviation Administration and Homeland Security are among those federal agencies that might be affected by the budget cuts. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

The District of Columbia and the Washington metro area stands to be adversely affected by the sequester because of the presence of defense contractors, federal agencies and entities that conduct business with both. /Courtesy Photo

SEQUESTER continued from Page 8 tion is one piece of a much larger puzzle of financial challenges. “What Congress does now sets the precedent, good and bad,” she said. “Not tackling long-term debt will jeopardize these programs. We need investments but we cannot do that under these circumstances.” “We need the right mix to stabilize the debt which equals $1.5 trillion on top of what we’ve already done ... there needs to be a balance in revenues and spending cuts. There need to be no cuts to low-income entitlements and non-defense discretionary programs.” Of the $2.75 trillion in budget cuts to this point, about $1.6 www.washingtoninformer.com

trillion has come from spending cuts, she said, and Republicans insist that any deficit-reduction replacement deal include only spending cuts. Democrats want a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. Sophia Kerby, of the Center for American Progress in Northwest, said Congressional Republicans put the economy in jeopardy during the debt ceiling debates in 2011 and again in 2012. She criticized Republicans for “threatening the economy by risking massive and harmful spending cuts that will hurt the middle class, damage the economy, kill hundreds of thousands of jobs, and harm the most economically vulnerable among us.” Kerby cited deep cuts to longterm unemployment benefits; suspension of workforce devel-

opment programs; cuts to critical job-creating programs such as the Build America Bonds program, housing assistance, education and other programs; and budget cuts which will mean the loss of federal, state, and local public-sector jobs, which disproportionately employ women and African Americans. Amber D. Ebarb, of the National Congress on American Indians in Northwest, said sequestration merely adds misery to the desolation that already encompasses these communities. “We’re very worried about the impact of the programs coming down,” she said. “This is a major threat to tribal nations. It will limit resources of core services the tribes provide to their people … we have a growing population with growing needs.” wi The Washington Informer

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School Closings Lawsuit Garners Support By James Wright WI Staff Writer One of the District’s leading civil rights attorneys and a local advocacy agency have teamed up to file a lawsuit against District of Columbia Public Schools. Johnny Barnes, former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union for the National Capital Area, and Empower DC, a grassroots community organization in Northwest, are challenging Chancellor Kaya Henderson’s plan to close 15 schools – most of which are nestled in underserved communities east of the Anacostia River. Both parties are attempting to get the D.C. Superior Court to delay the plan, which is scheduled to go into effect in August. “They are messing with

our children,” said Barnes, 64. “Black and brown children are treated differently than others in this plan. Local and federal laws do not permit this.” In November, Henderson released a list of 20 proposed school closures that triggered a backlash from parents, education advocates and community organizations. Parents quickly mobilized, mounting campaigns, and organizing rallies in hopes of persuading the chancellor not to close their respective neighborhood schools. Last month Henderson announced her final decision on which schools would be shuttered. The majority of the schools slated for closure are located in Wards 6, 7 and 8, and Henderson said they were targeted because of under-enrollment

and poor student performance. But Barnes and other education advocates believe that the sudden growth of charter schools, which enroll about 43 percent of all D.C. students, is another catalyst for Henderson’s plan. He said however, that her plan hurts minority students. “They say they are closing under-enrolled schools but they did not want to close Lafayette Elementary, Janey Elementary, Deal Middle School and Wilson High School when they were under-enrolled,” Barnes said. “They did not close schools on Capitol Hill when they were under-enrolled. These school closings treat children differently and it is not right that ‘Little Johnny’ has to cross I-395 to go to school while others do not have to do that.”

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Johnny Barnes, a noted District attorney, plans to sue the D.C. public school system over its school closings plan. /Courtesy Photo

Mary Levy, a District schools budget analyst who co-authored a report on the school closings last month with the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute in Northeast, found that “virtually all students in schools to be closed are minorities and over 80 percent are low income.” “These schools enroll a grand total of two white students out of the 2,642 that will be displaced,” Levy wrote in the “Background Information on DCPS School Closings: Final 2013” report. Tammie Garvin has two daughters who attend Mary Church Terrell-McGogney Elementary School in Southeast. She’s not pleased about her neighborhood school being closed. “I don’t appreciate it,” said Garvin, 45. “I have sent my girls to this school since kindergarten and I like it because it is a local school. My girls are getting a good education because the teachers [at the school] are good.” Parisi B. Norouzi, executive director of Empower DC, said her organization will not be

hoodwinked by Henderson. “During the 2008 school closings, in which 23 were shut down, many people in Empower DC thought that the process was about educational outcomes and community interest,” Norouzi said. “We were wrong and we were lied to. It is about real estate, profits and destabilizing communities, and we are going to stop this.” Barnes and Empower DC will hold a “Save Our Schools Summit” from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 at the Temple of Praise in Southeast. He said the summit will include speakers who will discuss topics that include trauma to students who have to travel long distances to attend school and alternatives to the school closings. Barnes said he will file the lawsuit on Monday, March 18. And, when he does, he will have Garvin’s support. “It is wrong to take children out of their area and so far away to go to school,” Garvin said. “The other schools will be crowded and things will be a mess.” wi

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national leader.” Four possible sites for the proposed new Regional Medical Center were presented at the meeting: Landover Mall, Largo Town Center, Morgan Boulevard and Woodmore Towne Centre. Site selection criteria included being centrally located in the county, accessible to transportation (I-495/Metro stations and bus routes/pedestrian access), cost of acquisition and development, size, timing of site control and future development potential, according to officials. The meeting was hosted by officials representing Dimensions Healthcare System, the University of Maryland Medical System, the state of Maryland and Prince George’s County government. Before the public comment portion of the meeting began, Bradford

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L. Seamon, chief administrative officer for Prince George’s County, emphasized that a decision on the site has not been reached although he said he had heard from people who thought officials had already made up their minds. Lee Walker, mayor of Landover Hills, said he favored the Landover Mall site because of transportation routes and it wouldn’t cause a large displacement of residents. “We have been waiting 25 years for major use there,” said another speaker who supported the Largo Town Center site. “We taxpayers already have spent a great deal on this location.” He added that the University of Maryland University College campus in Largo is nearby and could possibly be a site for cross-training. Dan Smith of Cheverly said he was “thrilled” about the opportunity the new hospital presents and that it would be “a catalyst for quality, long-term development.” Angela Heath, who identified herself as the owner of a physical therapy business, stressed that transportation is key and talked about clients who take Metro, a bus and then walk three blocks to

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get to her office. “I hope and pray that transportation remains foremost in your consideration,” said Heath, who suggested having shuttle service to get patients from Metro stations to the new hospital. John Anderson, a retiree, said he hoped that mental health services would be part of the new facility and that it wouldn’t provide “just a few specialties.” Several speakers called Landover Mall an eyesore including Stephanie Anderson of the Royale Gardens Civic Association in Landover. She criticized the Woodmore site due to traffic congestion. “You need to have roads that allow you to get around,” said Anderson. Bill Orleans said the Largo Town Center was the best location because of its proximity to heavy rail. He suggested that the medical center not be one large facility and that residents would be better served if services were dispersed throughout the county. Many of those who spoke at the meeting said they were in favor of Largo Town Center. “Largo Town Center is ready for the hospital. Landover Mall is a non-start,” said Margaret Boles, who questioned if Landover Mall’s owner would be willing to sell. The Regional Medical Center is anticipated to be a 259-bed, 720-square-foot facility initially

treating 16,000-17,000 patients annually and increasing to 21,000 by 2019, according to one official. Several speakers addressed the issue of traffic, especially on game days at the FedEx Field. “If you don’t have a flashing light, you suffer,” said Courtney Johnson, a 25-year resident of Prince George’s County, about traffic congestion on game days. “I know we can work things out.” He suggested building a bridge from Landover Mall over I-495 and having shuttle service to a Metro station. Jamal Miller of District Heights said all four proposed sites were within the traffic pattern for the stadium, which he called a “nightmare.” “What is the plan going to be for traffic going into any of the four sites,” he asked. Miller also stressed that having shops and restaurants nearby for the families of patients is also important. “Hearing from the community we serve is an important part of the location review process…,” said Neil J. Moore, president and chief executive officer of Dimensions Healthcare System. “We share our partners’ commitment to enhance health care in the region and appreciate the community’s interest and participation.” wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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By Gale Horton Gay WI Staff Writer An infusion of funds to the Maryland HOPE Counseling Network has brought a sigh of relief to officials of agencies helping homeowners facing foreclosure. In mid-February, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown joined other state officials in announcing $11.8 million in grant awards to the 39 members of the network, a group of nonprofit agencies that provide assistance to individuals facing foreclosures, act as mediators to negotiate with mortgage servicers and advise citizens on the best actions to take in order to save their homes. The grants will be distributed over three years. “These funds will help local nonprofits provide services to 20,000 Marylanders each year – a 25 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2012 – as we continue our efforts to build strong, stable communities throughout our state,”said Brown at the event, which took place at Refreshing Springs Church of God in Christ in Riverdale. The church is home to Sowing Empowerment and Economic Development, Inc. (SEED), a provider of housing assistance services for residents in Prince George’s County and one of the funding recipients. At the event, Jennifer Greenwald shared how, with assistance from housing counselors at SEED, she was able to receive foreclosure assistance and save her home. SEED will receive a $420,000 award, which will allow them to continue meeting the demand for services like housing counseling for residents in Prince George’s County. During the height of the recession, Prince George’s County had one of the highest foreclosure rates in the state. “When families come to us desperately in need of assistance to save their homes, it has been great to know that the State of Maryland has had our back,” said SEED Executive Director Lisa Butler McDougal. “Housing counseling agencies are doing all we can to stabilize communities and the economy, and the additional funding will be an enormous help.” Christine Gould, chief development officer at HomeFree USA, said her organization

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recently received a letter notifying them they would receive $800,000 over the next three years. “It’s really an important funding source,” said Gould, who noted that it takes away some of the stress of having to constantly engage in proposal writing for funding. She said the grant money will be used to add new personnel and continue counseling at-risk borrowers. Gould said that previous clients they counseled were 30 to 90 days in arrears on their mortgage payments but now they are seeing more people who are oneto two-years delinquent. “This will allow us to do more than just counseling,” said Gould, who added that some of the money may fund moving costs. Helping people “transition with dignity” is equally important, she said. Marcia Griffin, founder and president of HomeFree USA, praised Maryland officials for their support of housing counseling services. She said compared to other states, Maryland is head and shoulders above others. “Generally Maryland stands beyond most states in its open-mindedness and understanding of the value that counseling organizations bring to the citizens.” HomeFree USA, which is based in Hyattsville, serves about 2,500 borrowers annually. Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Raymond A. Skinner, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, housing counselors, and other state and

local officials also attended the event. The announcement coincides with the launch of a marketing campaign reminding homeowners that they can get safe, reliable assistance at no cost through the Maryland Home Owners Preserving Equity (HOPE) initiative. The $11.8 million in grants represents the highest level of funding for foreclosure prevention counseling in state history. The funds, made available through the Office of Attorney General and the Maryland Housing Counseling Fund, are part of Maryland’s award from the National Mortgage Loan Servicing Practices Settlement and are being administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. In addition to increased funding for foreclosure prevention counseling, the settlement also provided additional funding to support legal assistance for distressed homeowners. “Every Marylander we help stay in their home, refinance or modify their mortgage or fix their housing-related credit issues is another step toward resolving the housing crisis and restoring housing values for everyone,” said Gansler. The Maryland HOPE Counseling Network was established in 2007. Since that time, nearly 83,000 families have sought help. More than 90 percent of those who worked with counselors through completion achieved positive results.wi The Washington Informer

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Just two months into her new job as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Marcia Fudge has noticed her Day Timer refuses to allow her to pencil in any free time at all. But, that comes as no surprise. She’s helped to avert a fiscal cliff disaster, saved social programs for the poor, advocated on behalf of the Voting Rights Act and promoted the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act – and she managed to pull it all off in 60 days. Fudge continues to stump for Democrats who are scurrying to reach a deal to end the sequester which took effect on March 1. “It’s been extremely busy,” said Fudge, the congresswoman from Ohio whose already left an indelible mark on the nation’s capital. “We happen to be in a very busy cycle with Congress. There are many issues that we face such as immigration, jobs, the Voting Rights Act and so much more,” said Fudge, 60. In January, Fudge was selected to replace Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, (D-Missouri), a fiery preacher and the 22nd chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Fudge said the mission of the CBC hasn’t changed since its inception in 1969.

“We are still here to speak for those who don’t have a voice,” she said. “We are still here to make sure that our people get their fair share as we talk about spending and funding programs.” Fudge said she’s aware that African Americans are behind the proverbial 8-ball, specifically when the government talks about fiscal cliffs, sequesters and other measures. Those measures often lead to cutting or ending services like health care, early education and jobs that offer family-sustaining wages, she said. Blacks are likely to suffer more than others when deep fiscal cuts are made, Fudge said. There’s an axiom that says, ‘When white people have a cold, blacks have pneumonia.’ Fudge takes the adage seriously. “We have to create an environment that makes people want to hire. When the federal government can’t make a decision as to what we’re going to do fiscally, that creates a lot of uneasiness in the (job) market,” she said. “The wrong way is to start cutting everything across the board.” Fudge, who served two terms as mayor of Warrensville, Ohio, has made fighting poverty one of her top legislative priorities. Now, she’s charged with setting the political agenda for more than See FUDGE on Page 15 www.washingtoninformer.com

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ple now see. Initiatives like Head Start, Early Head Start, the Pell Grants and so many other important things were born out of the Black Caucus,” Fudge said. “We’ve gotten community clinics put in and things that help us, especially in the black community. The president’s jobs bill came as a direct result of the jobs tour the [CBC sponsored] last year. So, all of this means that we have to keep working hard,” she said. Fudge continues to fight for an increase in the federal minimum wage. And, her work on behalf of legislation to protect women has finally paid off. The House passed the Violence Against Women Act on Feb. 28. Fudge and her colleagues in the House worked to improve the measure by expanding protections in the bill to include members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, along with Native American and immigrant communities. “Underreported cases of domestic assault, dating violence, sexual assault and other acts of violence against women continue to be a serious problem in this country, and I hope that Congress’ bipartisan support of this legislation shows victims they are not alone,” Fudge said. “Passage of this legislation ensures victims of these crimes will continue to have options available to find the assistance they need.” wi

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FUDGE continued from Page 14 40 black representatives in Congress and currently serves as the national spokesperson on issues that affect African Americans. Fudge was elected to Congress in 2008 following the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who served as Ohio’s congresswoman for a decade. Fudge served as Tubbs Jones’ chief of staff throughout her tenure, she not only learned the ropes but emerged as a politically savvy leader. The second-term congresswoman also has earned a reputation as a relentless advocate for the poor and the downtrodden. “Obviously, one of my major issues is poverty and I’m on the Agriculture Committee. I make sure that our children have decent meals in schools,” Fudge said. “I have to make sure we don’t significantly cut food stamps and we make sure that our food banks are funded and that people have a place to live.” She’s also concerned about the well-being of blacks and others. President Barack Obama’s health care initiative provides Americans an opportunity to obtain health insurance, Fudge said. “[Overall], I think the president is doing a good job.” However, Fudge said, many of the president’s initiatives are a direct result of the CBC’s efforts. “… It is the Black Caucus that has its fingerprints on a lot of these programs peo-

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Innovative policy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV shows positive impact New approach in Malawi dramatically increases the number of mothers on treatment WI Staff Report The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent in one year, according to a study in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The new treatment option, called Option B+, offers all pregnant or breastfeeding women infected with HIV lifelong antiretroviral treatment (ART), regardless of the stage of their HIV infection. ART reduces mother-to-child HIV transmission rates to less than 5 percent, maintains a mother’s health, and prevents transmission of the virus during future pregnancies. Other approaches to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (Option A and Option B) base the decision to start lifelong ART on the stage of a woman’s HIV infection. Women not yet eligible for lifelong ART are offered other antiretroviral medications to prevent HIV transmission to their infants. Determining eligibility for lifelong ART requires laboratory tests which can be difficult to access in settings like Malawi with limited equipment and other resources. “As emphasized in our recent U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Blueprint, improving access to lifesaving HIV treatment for mothers and preventing transmission to their infants is critical to achieving an AIDS-free generation. We are supportive of Malawi’s Ministry of Health in their adoption of Option B+,” said Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. “This practical and innovative program for pregnant and breastfeeding women has shown great success in Malawi,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “Approaches such as Option B+ save the lives of the mother, their child, and their family, and stop the spread of HIV.” In Malawi, treatment through Option B+ reduced barriers to women receiving life-saving medications. Option B+ enabled women to receive ART and prenatal care in the same clinic, and required only a positive rapid HIV test result to initiate treatments. While Malawi was the first country to adopt Option B+, other countries, including Rwanda,

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Uganda, and Haiti, have since adopted it. “Option B+ gives a window of hope and opportunity to address both reduction of HIV transmission from mother to child while at the same time addressing health of the mother and protecting her uninfected partner,” said the Deputy Minister of Health of Malawi Halima Daud. “We are glad that various partners including the United States government are supporting us on this approach.” The Malawi Ministry of Health implemented Option B+ in 2011. The number of women initiated on ART increased from 1,257 in 2011 (prior to Option B+) to 10,663 in 2012 (one year after implementation)—a 748 percent increase. The percent of pregnant and breastfeeding women who remained on Option B+ twelve months after initiation (77 percent) was similar to the12-month ART retention rate among adults who initiated ART prior to Option B+ implementation (80 percent). The latest round of data from Malawi’s National HIV/AIDS program will be presented at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, March 3-6, 2013 in Atlanta. In 2011, PEPFAR and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS), along with other partners, launched the Global Plan towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive (Global Plan). The Global Plan’s central goals are to reduce new HIV infections in children by 90 percent and AIDS-related maternal mortality by 50 percent by 2015. Option B+ is an important innovation to accelerate progress in Malawi and other countries towards reaching these goals. For information about CDC’s global efforts to prevent mother-tochild HIV transmission, visit www. cdc.gov/globalaids. As a PEPFAR implementing agency, CDC provides technical expertise in public health science to more than 75 countries, working side-by-side with Ministries of Health around the globe to build strong national programs and sustainable public health systems that can respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and other health threats. wi www.washingtoninformer.com

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Innovative Nebraska Program Brings Diversity to Highly Segregated Public Schools By Susan Eaton Special to the Informer New America Media Fifth-grader Alyx has trouble naming the “absolute coolest” thing about Wilson Focus School, part of an innovative educational model called the Learning Community that provides students opportunities to attend diverse schools in highly segregated areas. Alyx says it’s not just the snakes and other reptiles, not just the “totally amazing and beautiful” Australian blue-tongued skink caged in her classroom. It’s not just her teacher, Mr. Mitchell, “who is so great, who is the best.” And it’s not just her friend Nolan who is “funny and kind.” But Alyx, who is white and lives in the suburbs, and Nolan, who is African American and lives in Omaha, agree that one of the “coolest” things is as Alyx says, “There are kids from all over. Everywhere.” Well, not quite everywhere. But unlike the typical school in this highly segregated region, or the typical school in many still-segregated communities across the country, Wilson Focus School reaches across two counties to bring together students from a mix of racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds. Yet, even with its well-documented successes, the Learning Community is being threatened by public officials who question the value of the diversity it brings. Wilson offers the standard diet of mandatory reading time, www.washingtoninformer.com

science reports and oral presentations. However the schools’ specialized leadership, communication and technology curriculum nudges kids into constant negotiations with each other. Each day, students must solve problems collectively, acknowledge and negotiate differences and learn how to balance individual desires with community needs. In Alyx and Nolan’s fifth grade classroom, students hone these skills within their own “micro-society” they named “Diverse City.” Nolan explains: “Students have jobs, like cops or lawyers or secretaries and there are rules and you sure can bet there are disagreements that you need to resolve.” Fifth-grader Nicholas Vollmer notes that in Diverse City, “you can sue people,” adding, “But you don’t want to overdo that because . . .usually the goal is to get to some peaceful kind of resolution.” Diversity is not just an add-on feature, here, teachers say, but integral to the mission of the school. “The students,” teacher Glenn Mitchell says, “Really get,” that “diversity—be it racial socioeconomic, cultural, in learning style…is a reality of life and that our diversity is going to help them learn how to leaders. They can’t really be leaders if they can’t communicate and interact successfully in a diverse setting. Isn’t that obvious? I mean, it seems pretty obvious to me.” The Focus School is but one element in metropolitan Omaha’s regional education model known as the Learning Community. Created

by Nebraska’s legislature in 2007, the Learning Community is designed to reduce funding disparities between Omaha and its suburbs and to create more socioeconomic diversity in schools. Eleven school districts pool money that the Learning Community then redistributes via a needsbased formula. The money also provides free transportation to certain students who wish to attend schools not located in the districts where they live. Finally, Learning Community dollars pay for an array of education-related services, including high-quality preschool, to young people and their families who live in Omaha’s poorest neighborhoods. The Learning Community emerged following anguished debate over the kinds of messy issues most elected leaders, even in ostensibly more progressive states, prefer to avoid discussing – segregation, economic inequality, social cohesion and righting past wrongs of discrimination. There is still a lot of hopefulness surrounding the Learning Community, both locally and nationally, among civil rights advocates, educational leaders and scholars. But it is not clear that the program will survive the political threats that it faces. This month, a group of state legislators introduced a bill that would dismantle the Learning Community, although it’s unclear whether the bill will reach Nebraska Gov.

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BALLOU SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CBE SUBCONTRACTOR OUTREACH EVENT CCC/HESS is hosting a CBE Contractors Outreach Event for the Ballou Senior High School replacement project on Thursday, March 7, 2013 from 5:30pm - 7pm in the cafeteria of Ballou High School, 3401 4th Street, S.E., Washington, DC 20032. This is a networking opportunity for Ward 8 businesses and local CBE subcontractors, vendors and suppliers to meet face-to-face with Trade Pkg Bidders to maximize CBE participation on this project. Trade Pkgs currently out for Bid are listed on the Registration Flyer. For more information and to view the Registration Flyer visit our website www.hessedu.com under Notices in the Subcontracting section. This event is FREE however space may be limited ~ RSVP Today: Contact Sasha Raab P: 301-670-9000 F: 301-670-9009 E: sraab@hessedu.com. Trade Pkg Bids are due to CCC/HESS by 4:00PM on March 13, 2013. This is subject to change by Addenda.

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education SEGREGATION continued from Page 19 David Heineman’s desk. Five years ago, Gov. Heineman signed the legislation to create the Learning Community, but in recent years he has questioned whether the program is still needed. “I don’t know what purpose it really serves,” Gov. Heineman recently told a local

reporter. However, the Learning Community still has strong support among the state legislature’s education committee and certainly among parents and children who have benefitted from it. “This was really exactly what we were going for,” says Willie Barney, who five years ago created an organization called The Empowerment Network, to in part, provide African Americans a stronger voice in

civic matters. Barney, whose son Neremiah attends Focus School, added, “If you want your child to go to a school that is diverse and that is high performing, then that should exist.” The Learning Community is but a light counterweight in a region that records some of the highest rates of inequality between whites and blacks and between whites and Latinos, particularly in jobs and

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income. According to the Urban Institute, Omaha ranks 91st of 100 metros (100 represents the largest gap) on these two measures. The region’s high rates of residential segregation earn it a “D” on the Washington-based Urban Institute’s Metrotrends report card. In 2011, the Learning Community allowed about 2,250 students to transfer schools, with about half of those increasing diversity in their new schools. Another 180 students attended Wilson Focus School, with the number projected to grow to 250 in a few years. Another few dozen students attend the Focus School program in middle school, which offers a continuation of the leadership and technology curriculum used at Wilson. “The Learning Community is a work in progress. We have here a structure that provides a beginning, a foundation,” says Ben Gray, an Omaha city councilor. “We need to give this a fighting chance.” The Native American word

“Omaha” translates from the Hokan-Siouan language to “the upstream people” or a tribe that travels “against the current.” There is something of that against-the-grain mentality in this contemporary effort. But the Learning Community also reflects a pragmatism that has long characterized this state. “I love telling people that 30 percent of Nebraska’s children under the age of five are Latino. I love saying that because people just don’t believe it and it makes them pay attention,” says Ted Stilwill, CEO of the Learning Community. “People have their image and their stereotypes about Nebraska -- that it’s cornfields and white people. But of course the data is right there. It tells the story about the fact that we are changing, that we really need to provide ways for all children to prepare for that diverse world, to be part of that world.” wi

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Coalition Rallies against School Closings By Dorothy Rowley WI Staff Writer Parents who oppose District of Columbia Public Schools Chancellor (DCPS) Kaya Henderson’s mandate to shutter 15 schools by the end of 2014, contend that the closings are just an excuse for the eventual privatization of a system that clearly under-values the education of their children. They also said that with the apparent ambush of DCPS by existing and imminent charters, corporations like the Chicago-based Illinois Facilities Fund that was commissioned two years ago to study District schools, will soon be conveying to parents that they have little voice in which schools their children will attend and what they learn. “This is where we’re headed and we won’t have any control,” said Ayesha Fleary, 34, whose fiery comments resonated with the audience during a Feb. 28 forum at Howard University. “They will be able to tell your child they can no longer attend a public school, and tell parents that they have no say-so in what kinds of programs are offered. However, as long as we keep it in the public sphere – even though things are not good right now – we have some sayso.” Henderson had initially decided to close 20 schools when she announced her controversial plan last November. But she said she reduced the list to 15 after a series of community meetings. The Howard forum attracted about 75 people from across the District, and was sponsored by Black is Back (BIB), a coalition of local grass roots organizations that formed in 2009 to shed light on the displacement of low-income families from their communities as the result of issues like unemployment, unaffordable housing – and school closings. “The system is rotten to the core,” said 58-year-old Ousainou Mbenga. “I have children enrolled in the D.C. system, and parents are often told by school officials that they have to sacrifice for their children, and many parents are intimidated,” he said, adding that there’s a contradiction in the system which creates conditions that are not conducive to learning. “That’s why we need to take these closings seriously and make education a priority in D.C,” said Mbenga who lives in Northeast. Donna Stewart, PTA president www.washingtoninformer.com

at M.C. Terrell-McGogney Elementary School in Southeast echoed Mbenga’s sentiments. She’s angry that her daughter won’t be able to continue classes at the Southeast neighborhood school she’s become attached to. “The chancellor’s plan calls for [my child] to attend Martin Luther King Elementary School next fall, and we’re both upset about that,” said Stewart, 41. “My daughter doesn’t want to have to leave her school and keeps asking me ‘why’. . . In Ward 8, other parents and I have [experienced] all of the broken promises, so it looks like we’ll be right back at this issue again because it’s not over with.” Stewart said that contrary to Henderson’s goal to increase DCPS’s enrollment, her plan only encourages parents of displaced students to enroll them in charter schools. “It seems like what she really wants is a charter system,” said Stewart, who did not attend the forum at Howard. Parisa Norouzi, founder of the Northwest-based Empower DC, said her group, which advocates on behalf of community interests, has been fighting school closings since 2010, and is in the process of filing a lawsuit. Empower DC has also called for a one-year moratorium on school closings, she said. Norouzi alluded to the two dozen schools that were shuttered in 2008. She said many of those buildings were “given away to developers” who turned them into upscale condominiums. Despite the backlash, Henderson remains firm about the closings, and has turned her attention to retaining students in a system which has seen a marked decline in enrollment in recent years. At the height of its enrollment in the1980s, DCPS boasted 80,000 students. But over the years, that number has continued to drop, with enrollment now at less than 40,000 students. In an effort to attract and retain students, as outlined in her “Transition Marketing and Recruitment Plan,” Henderson wrote in a recent letter to Council Member David Catania (I-At Large), chairman of the education committee, that an aggressive recruitment strategy that will also strengthen programs and curriculums at city schools, is being coordinated with school officials at schools that are closing and those that are preparing to receive displaced students. wi

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Duncan Wants to Flip the Script on Schools By Barrington M. Salmon WI Staff Writer The future of America’s children is at stake because politicians in Washington seem more concerned with staking out political positions and refusing to compromise. And while both parties bicker, the most vulnerable suffer, said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. “Washington creates, manufactures crisis. Neither side will talk to each other. It’s crazy. I’m looking at the sequester and how destructive this is,” said Duncan about the automatic across-the-board cuts that will hack $85 billion from defense and non-defense discretionary spending. “It’s going to cost too much: 70,000 students will lose access to Head Start; 40,000 teachers will be laid off; $2.8 billion will disappear.” “We must invest most heavily in the disadvantaged,” Duncan said. “Whatever you can do to not let Congress go down this path, you

must do it. It’s become acceptable for sequestration to happen. It makes no sense at all. It’s purely man-made, it’s not a hurricane. This is not why the president and I came to Washington.” Duncan was speaking at the Building a Grad Nation Summit, a three-day gathering of about 1,000 educators, corporate executives, education advocates and policymakers to discuss ways to reduce the dropout rate of high school students and increase America’s graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020. The summit took place at the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Northwest, Feb. 24-26. Retired Gen. Colin Powell and his wife Alma, through the America’s Promise Alliance, hosted the summit. The couple established the Grad Nation campaign to bring together 400 groups and individuals to build capacity and reverse the problem. Speakers like former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise said he was confident of success.

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“This is an ambitious and reachable goal … and changing demographics have changed the game,” said Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education. “In 12 states, students of color are the majority of the public school population. And they are two-thirds of the public school populations nationwide. We have to address educational inequality. It is a moral and money imperative. Economic achievement depends on all students doing well.” Duncan said the Obama administration is serious about closing opportunity gaps, adding that there’s tremendous bipartisan support from governors around early childhood education. “I feel very hopeful that we can do this,” he said. “Three-year-olds don’t vote, don’t have lobbyists and won’t be seen until much later in life. This is a huge, huge game changer, not today, not tomorrow, but in the long term.” He said collective action would enhance America’s ability to give its

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children a sound education. “We have to keep challenging the status quo and developing more partnerships and matches for schools with black and brown children,” said Duncan, who comes from a family of educators and who spent seven years as the head of Chicago’s public schools. “All these things are works in progress. Parents, principals and teachers must stay the course and keep pushing. Creative and good ideas come from you.” All too often, Duncan said, issues are framed in a manner that doesn’t get to the root of the problem. “We fight the wrong issues and make so many mistakes,” he said. “We have to get past this false dichotomy. The college versus career debate is the absolutely wrong fight to be in. It’s about giving children choices. We have to give kids high quality technical education.” One proposal offered by President Barack Obama during his State of the Union address is the

targeted intervention into 20 struggling communities and injecting resources into each to facilitate a turnaround. That same method would work well in many schools, Duncan explained. “There are areas of concentrated problems where we need wraparound services if we hope to make meaningful change,” he said. “We need to be thinking about what we can do to tackle this in a holistic way.” And a good place to start is redefining the concept of a school’s true role. “We have a situation where schools are an island and they sweep children into the streets at 2:30 p.m. That can’t work,” said Duncan. “Schools should be the hub for community and family life. We have 100,000 schools with labs, gyms, libraries. They should be open 12-13 hours a day, six days a week, with a range of programs such as GED classes, robotics, dance, chess, the arts and three meals a day.” wi

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The Path Laid by Women “We are walking in the same footsteps as our grandmothers,” Bishop Vashti McKenzie said on the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Suffrage March on Sunday, March 3 in Washington, D.C. “The accomplishments of women have been outstanding, but we have to understand that the achievements of a few women doesn’t mean [that] it’s better for all women. The fate of so many women is still in the hands of the country, and we must work harder to work on behalf of those who don’t know how to manage the system. We ought to be grabbing the hands of young girls and saying ‘come on, let’s go.’” McKenzie marched along with a sea of African-American women wearing crimson and cream who poured off the steps of the U.S. Capitol last Sunday then continued down Pennsylvania Avenue and later filed past the north entrance to the White House before ending their three-mile trek to the National Mall. Ask anyone of those nearly 12,000 women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and each one would repeat the theme, “We are retracing the steps of our founders.” The founders were 22 female college students who established the nation’s first Greek-letter organization for women at Howard University in 1913. Led by a commitment to service, they refused to let the color of their skin or the fear of retribution keep them from joining the ranks of nearly 5,000 white women who organized a parade on March 3, 1913 calling for a woman’s right to vote. Marking the sorority’s 100th centennial this year, Delta women from chapters as close as Washington, D.C., and as far away as Hawaii, Japan and Alaska, recalled the bravery of those 22 students who were not welcome at the 1913 Women’s Suffrage March. They also said their responsibility to protect the rights the 22 founders fought for continues with the current case before the Supreme Court that threatens the future of the Voting Rights Act in certain southern states. After 100 years, “it feels like we have gone backwards,” former Delta President Mona Bailey said. “And that’s why we are making a statement today that we are re-launching our founders’ programs. We need to take a stand today, and we need to protect our rights as women and voters.” One hundred years ago, more that 250,000 people surrounded the marchers on Pennsylvania Avenue. The suffragists were threatened, physically assaulted and spit on. It galvanized the nation to move quickly and allow women the right to vote. On Sunday, the symbolic march, for the most part, went unnoticed, observed Joan Wages, of the National Women’s History Museum, who said she was disappointed by the lack of media attention. So goes the plight of women who, during Women’s History Month, will address the many issues that continue to plague women in the U.S., particularly poor women and women of color, regarding issues that include gender-based violence and the increasing numbers of women and girls in the criminal justice system and the impact on families. The reenactment of the Suffrage March may not have received the attention it deserved, but like the Deltas, who are committed to service all year, all women need to heed the call to protect and support other women. They can’t allow the achievement’s of past generations to be wiped away and denied to their children. Many of the hard battles were fought. The work now is finding the path that was laid and following in their footsteps, like the Deltas did.

Who Gets the Credit? The District is among several of the nation’s urban cities that have seen a decline in violent crime over the past several years. It’s a topic of discussion among government officials who have turned to urban researchers to find out who deserves the credit. Rightfully so, however, there is little if any credit being given to the community-based and nonprofit organizations that are embedded within the communities they serve and where the problems exist. Sure, the police have done their part, sometimes overzealously, and culprits of drugs and guns also took their toll. But for those who answered the call for mentoring and mediation and counseling, the community-based organizations were effective in providing hands-on intervention. So no, groups like the Alliance of Concerned Men, Concerned Black Men, Peaceoholics and other grassroots community-based programs, locally, aren’t being given their due. Rather than get angry about it or sulk because of it, there’s a new objective these groups should be focusing on: education. Keeping children out of trouble is proving to be as difficult as getting them to go to school. But youth advocates, returning citizens and others should take that next step and lead the effort to end the city’s high truancy rate. They still might not get credit for making sure more students graduate from high school, but they will benefit from their efforts just like the rest of us.

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Truancy: A Community Concern

Your February 28th edition is full of terrific stories. I found the front-page story, “Reducing Truancy Described as Community Responsibility,” by Dorothy Rowley to be the most interesting of all. I see truancy as a community issue and not a responsibility. It’s hard to try and talk to someone who doesn’t respect you, not to mention themselves. I’m not blaming these young people for the situation that they are in, but the blame has to be put somewhere. Again, it is very difficult to compare truancy in the schools 20 or 30 years age to truancy today. Back then, most young people had respect for their elders or authority figures, whereas today most of the young people who are truant have no respect for authority. I don’t think today’s young people see education as a valued experience. That’s the real issue with truancy; if we can show these young people that they can get a job with a high school

diploma, they will go to school. But when they see others who have graduated from high school doing the same things truants are doing, such as hanging out, disrespecting others and themselves, truancy will continue.

how much we cared for them. Well, Django walked through a lot of hell and got his love and rode off with her into the sunset. Now, that’s the kind of love we should all feel for the ones we say we love. James Mathews Washington, D.C.

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Memorable Movies!

Thanks for the article written by Stacy Brown, “Child Prodigy, Talk of the Oscars” in your latest edition. Quvenzhane Wallis was simply marvelous in the movie, “Beast of the Southern Wild.” But I also want to thank you for mentioning what will become my all time favorite movie, Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained.” I have read and heard a lot of the negative stuff surrounding the movie, but for me “Django Unchained” was a great love story, one where love conquered evil. When I was young we used to say, “I would walk through hell and back for your love” when we were trying to convince girls of

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By Julianne Malveaux

Onion’s Apology is Not Accepted In the midst of the Academy Awards drama on Sunday, February 24, one of the Onion’s writers (we don’t know who he is – I doubt a “she” would have stooped so low), described the lovely and talented child Quvenzhané Wallace with a filthy word that took her all the way out of her name. Using a very crude word for female genitalia, the Onion writer observed that she was a c***. Excuse me! Bless-

edly hundreds of people shared their outrage in the electronic media so forcefully that the Onion’s CEO, Steve Hannah, apologized. But somehow sorry doesn’t always make it right. In my letter to the Onion, I’ve asked for reparations, or an effort to repair the harm that was done. I’m sharing my statement and hope you, too, will share it with the “leaders” of The Onion. Until officials of The Onion respond, I think it wholly appropriate to withhold support from them. As Dr. King once

said, “to cooperate with evil is to be evil.” To besmirch a child, whether you are a satirical publication or not, is nothing but evil. My letter: Dear Mr. Hannah: While your apology for the vile statement made by your staff regarding the wonderful and talented Quvenzhané Wallis is duly noted, it is an insufficient response to the heinous insult lobbed at a 9-year-old girl; additionally, the community of women and African American women in particular. Your apology is

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received, but not accepted. You must mitigate the damage that your comments caused, not only for Quvenzhané, but also for the women who, reveling in her success, were damaged by the sucker punch we experienced when your writer found it acceptable to describe a 9-year-old girl in a crude term for genitalia, a term that most adult women would Your apology might be more readily received if, The disciple, though the offensive writer, was detailed and their name revealed so that they

can be monitored for their gendered racism in the future. Your company made amends to both Quvenzhané and the community that supports her by; Offering the organizations that monitor gender and racial discrimination a financial contribution. My suggesting is that you direct at least $50,000 each to The Black Women’s Roundtable, The National Organization for Women, and the National Council of Negro Women. Ad-

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By Marc Morial

Florida Atlantic University Should Take Prison Company Name off Stadium GEO Group “is a terrible company with a well-publicized track record of abuse and neglect and FAU should be ashamed to be associated with them.” Carl Takei, staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Prison Project. I was shocked by a disturbing headline on the front page of the New York Times sports section last week: “A company That Runs Prisons Will Have Its Name on a Stadium.” The

article revealed that the stadium in question was not the home of a professional football team, but of the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Owls who play in the university’s new $70 million, 29,000-seat stadium located on its Boca Raton campus. The GEO Group Stadium naming rights were secured with a $6 million donation to FAU paid through the charitable arm of the nation’s second largest operator of for-profit prisons. The power of America’s pris-

on industrial complex has now formed an unholy alliance with the big money game of college sports. And if that weren’t bad enough, the GEO Group has a well-documented and extensive record of abuse and neglect in the facilities it runs. A recent Sun-Sentinel article describes how two young adult illegal immigrants surreptitiously exposed conditions inside the GEO Group-run Broward Transitional Center (BTC), where hundreds of illegal immigrants

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who have committed no crimes or only minor non-violent ones, are held sometimes for months in terrible conditions. According to the article, “Once inside, they said they found people unjustly arrested and subjected to lengthy and unnecessary confinement, and reported incidents of substandard or callous medical care, including a woman taken for ovarian surgery and returned the same day, still bleeding, to her cell, and a man who urinated blood for days but wasn’t taken

to see a doctor.” In response to this investigation, 26 members of Congress, including South Florida Democrats, Ted Deutch, Frederica Wilson and Alcee Hastings, wrote a letter to the director of the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement demanding a full review of conditions at BTC. Last year, a federal judge, in response to a joint ACLU/Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit,

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Ending Violence Against Women

March is the official month to “discuss” women and it could not arrive too soon. What is sad about both Black History Month (February) and International Women’s Month (March) is that too many of us think that those are the only legitimate times of the year to discuss the issues affecting these respective groups. In either case, attention to the plight of women, in March or any other month is warranted.

Last year seemed to be the year to attack women. The language of many on the political Right in during election season was so phenomenally backward that in a different context you would have wondered whether it was all an act. Suggesting that there are acceptable and unacceptable forms of rape, for instance, once again puts the burden on women for the violence that they experience. This issue of violence against women needs much greater attention and we must realize that

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it is not only a domestic issue. A very good friend of mine had to flee her country of origin because of the physical and emotional abuse she was experiencing from her husband, knowing that her community would never believe that someone of the stature of her husband would be capable of such crimes. More to the point, she knew that her community would somehow conclude that she, rather than her husband, was the source of the problem. Stories over the past year about The Washington Informer

assaults on women in Egypt have made any sane person’s skin crawl. But we should recognize that such assaults—rape and molestation of politically active women—are not new. There is a long history of rape and other forms of violence being used— domestically and internationally—as a means to subjugate politically active women, and those women who dare to speak out on social, economic and political issues, and not necessarily just on women-related issues. This year’s Billion Rising pro-

tests were aimed at bringing international attention to the matter of violence against women. The consciousness and concerns raised by this and other such efforts needs to be sustained throughout the rest of the year. Real attention needs to be focused on young men so that they understand that violence against women is totally unacceptable. A different sort of attention needs to be focused on women such that those who experience

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Child Watch©

By Marian Wright Edelman

Mrs. Rosa Parks – Before and After the Bus hungry in a land of plenty, entire neighborhoods ravaged by violence, families hobbled by job loss or illness — and we make excuses for inaction, and we say to ourselves, that’s not my responsibility, there’s nothing I can do. Rosa Parks tells us there’s always something we can do. She tells us that we all have responsibilities, to ourselves and to one another. She reminds us that this is how change happens — not mainly through the exploits of the famous and the powerful,

Our minds fasten on that single moment on the bus — Mrs. Parks alone in that seat, clutching her purse, staring out a window, waiting to be arrested. That moment tells us something about how change happens, or doesn’t happen . . . We so often spend our lives as if in a fog, accepting injustice, rationalizing inequity, tolerating the intolerable. Like the bus driver, but also like the passengers on the bus, we see the way things are — children

but through the countless acts of often anonymous courage and kindness and fellow feeling and responsibility that continually, stubbornly, expand our conception of justice — our conception of what is possible. President Obama spoke these moving and right words at the February 27 unveiling of the beautiful new statue of Mrs. Rosa Parks in the United States Capitol’s Statuary Hall — the first Black woman so honored. The ceremony also included eloquent remarks from Congressio-

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nal leaders and a stirring performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by the military choir that was a tribute to this bright North Star to freedom. Mrs. Parks, like Harriet Tubman before her, lit our nation’s way. Today, too many would-be movement leaders simply want to be Dr. King or Mrs. Rosa Parks: they want the glory and privilege of leadership without the burdens or sacrifice and sustained hard work. Movements are not built from the top down by powerful leaders but percolate from

the bottom up from people who share common grievances. Nor are they the result of individuals acting alone, although the courageous actions of one individual can provide a powerful defining symbolic spark—just as with the image of the dignified and proud Mrs. Parks sitting on that bus and refusing to move. It is past time for another transforming movement in America today to challenge rampant and morally obscene wealth

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By James Clingman

The One Trillion Dollar Lie thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Joseph Goebbels Watching the TV special that reviewed information contained in the book, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, by Michael Isikoff and David Corn, brought back memories of articles and radio shows I had done during the run-up to “shock and awe” in March 2003. It reminded me of how callous and shameless those high level politicians were and how low they

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and

would go to get this country into an unnecessary war. It gave me pause as I thought of the nearly 5,000 American lives that were lost, the tens of thousands of soldiers who came home incapacitated, minus arms and legs, and the 100,000 Iraqi men, women, and children killed in a war that was supposed to “liberate” them. This war was made even more tragic in that it cost more American lives than were lost in the World Trade Center on 9/11. The authors of Hubris, as

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well as interviews of key individuals involved in the Big Lie, point out the sheer and utter disregard for truth, integrity, and human life. From the neo-con gang, i.e. Feith, Wolfowitz, Perle, to Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, and President George W. Bush, one thing was crystal clear: They were going to war with Iraq regardless. They obviously didn’t care about weapons of mass destruction simply used the threat of WMD to scare everyone else into believing the biggest charade in history. I could hardly

believe it when high level officials admitted on television, before the American public, that they were shocked at the lies that were being told by the Bush administration. When Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld are asked if they now believe they made a grave error by going into Iraq, they all say, “No, I think it was the right thing to do.” What hubris! It seems they have no consciences and no fear of the fact that

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By Askia Muhammad

Black Republican Advances I’d like to convey my sincerest congratulations to Armstrong Williams, a dear friend of mine. The conservative commentator announced plans recently to acquire two television stations: WEYI-TV, an NBC affiliate in the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, Mich., market, ranked No. 67 nationally, and WWMB-TV, a CW affiliate in the 103rd-largest market in Myrwww.washingtoninformer.com

tle Beach-Florence, S.C., near his hometown of Marion, S.C. Armstrong’s big success comes at an ideal moment for the image of Black Republicans. He attended a gala at the GOP watering hole, the Capitol Hill Club March 1, where Black party pioneers William Coleman, former Transportation Secretary under President Gerald Ford, and Bob Brown, a White House aide who served President Richard Nixon were honored as party “Trailblazers” by GOP Chairman Reince Priebus.

“Everybody who is anybody Black in the Republican Party was there,” I was told by someone who attended. That all the prominent Black Republican operatives in the 21st century could meet in a modest-sized dining room is evidence of the really bad shape the GOP finds itself in regarding non-White voters. About 93 percent of Black voters cast ballots for President Barack Obama to be re-elected. No surprise there. But in addition, 73 percent of Latino voters, and 70 percent

of Asian and Native American voters did the same. That spells t-r-o-u-b-l-e for the American White Party, especially at a time when White fertility rates are down and when Whites are expected to become a population “minority” during the next 40 years. The fact that all Black Republicans think that they have worth that they can boast about only amounts to a few financially successful Black “fat cats” and shows how out of touch they are with what’s really important

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to ordinary people, regardless of racial or ethnic identity in this society. It’s that myth of the “self -made millionaire,” the instant millionaire, the first-round draft pick, the American Idol, lighting cigars with $100 bills which has destroyed the work ethic in this country, not the so-called “welfare state” and its “entitlements.” “I got mine. You’ve got yours to get,” is what they say as they boast and primp around flaunt-

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Gwendolyn Boyd, the past president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., addresses the crowd gathered on the grounds of the Washington Monument. The 100-year-old organization retraced the steps of its 22 founders on Sunday, March 3, as they marked the centennial of the Women’s Suffrage March of 1913. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

he frigid temperatures sweeping through the nation’s capital did little to dampen the excitement created by thousands of members of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, who marched several thousand strong from Capitol Hill to the Washington Monument. The 100-year-old organization and the largest African-American Greek-lettered sorority in the world, retraced the steps of its 22 founders Sunday as they marked the centennial of the Women’s Suffrage March. “Two months after our founders received their papers to become a chartered organization at Howard University, they participated in the suffrage for women’s right to vote even before African Americans had the right to vote,” said Gwendolyn Boyd, one of the sorority’s past presidents. “It was part of the vision of the organization itself. They were about change and they wanted to make a difference in their lifetime because they knew the march was something they had to be a part of. They didn’t know where it would lead, but they were hoping women would get the right to vote and even-

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Footsteps of Group’s Founders Mark the 100th Anniversary of Suffrage March By Stacy M. Brown WI Contributing Writer tually African Americans would get the right to vote,” Boyd said. Joined by several other groups and organizations, including members of the National Congress of Black Women, the National Women’s History Museum, the National Organization for Women, and the League of Women Voters, the Deltas filled the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol with an estimated 20,000 who donned the sorority’s colors which included its signature crimson and cream. The crowd estimate, which was provided by Delta officials, was approximately 12,000 more than those who attended the original march in 1913. That

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gathering attracted a reported 8,000 people just one day before the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. It took seven years following the original march for the 19th Amendment to pass, legislation that gave women the right to vote. Rallies took place before and after the march, similar to what occurred in 1913. “I’m 51-years-old and it’s my hope that I live to see a woman become the president of the United States,” said Linda Brown, a Delta chapter member who hails from Baltimore, Md. “I also want to see more laws enacted to protect women [against The Washington Informer

violent acts].” Prior to the march, leaders of the Deltas and others, firedup the crowd with a litany of speeches that challenged them to continue to fight for women’s rights. “We still need justice to roll down like an endless river and righteousness like a never failing stream,” said Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the sorority’s national chaplain. “We still must speak up even now while the Supreme Court considers voting rights again and a statue of Rosa Parks is being enshrined on Capitol Hill,” said McKenzie, the granddaughter of one of the sorority’s founders, Vashti Turley Murphy. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers swarmed the area as Cathy Lanier, the District’s first female chief, addressed the crowd. She stomped the streets and braved the cold with the Deltas during the historic march. Lanier spoke of her personal struggles as a single mother with a 9th grade education trying to raise an 8-year-old child. The fact that Lanier was appointed to the highest ranking position in MPD, is a testament to what all women can accomplish, said Cynthia Butler-McIn-

tyre, the Delta’s current president. “Two months after the founding of our great organization, our founders realized there was work to do and by walking in the march, they let it be known that our organization would not sit on the sidelines and watch any intolerance toward women or African Americans. They sent a booming message that change was coming,” Butler-McIntyre said. Marchers, most of whom huddled closely together in an attempt to keep warm as temperatures dipped well below freezing and intermittent snow flurries fell, trekked from the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Monument. The route included a walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and past the White House. Delta Sigma Theta was founded in 1913 by 22 African-American women at Howard University in Northwest. It has an estimated membership of between 270,000 and 300,000 around the world and many who attended the march represented locations that included the Philippines, Germany, England, Bermuda, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Guam and nearly every state in the Union.

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Sissoko and Segal March 1 “- one of Europe’s buzzed about world music recordings” –Six Degrees International music stars Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal draw from deep musical traditions to create fresh world music rhythms with a refined edge.

Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project Conceived and created by Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd Directed by Patricia McGregor

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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority President Cynthia Butler-McIntyre, center, along with other Deltas, recite the Pledge of Allegiance before the Women’s Suffrage March begins on Sunday, March 3. The march started at the U.S. Capitol and ended at the Washington Monument. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

Lauded as “intense, provocative, and honorable” by The New York Times, Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project unites jazz composer / pianist sensation Vijay Iyer and spoken word phenomenon Mike Ladd with veteran / poet Maurice Decaul and more. This innovative “documentary concert” sheds musical and poetic light on what it means for American soldiers of color to return home from war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Harlem Stage is the Commissioner of Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project, through its WaterWorks program. The world premiere was at The Harlem Stage Gatehouse Sep. 19-22, 2012. WaterWorks is supported by Time Warner and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority listen to speakers during the closing ceremony of the Women’s Suffrage March on the grounds of the Washington Monument on Sunday, March 3. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

MARCH continued from Page 26 Parade participants marched according to their state, country and the organization that they represented. Some of the more recognizable names to have pledged as Deltas include Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia Fudge, the late Dorothy I. Height, Lena Horne, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, and Ruby Dee Davis. Singers Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack and Natalie Cole, news personality Soledad O’Brien, actresses Keisha Knight Pulliam, Cicely Tyson, www.washingtoninformer.com

and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and former Miss America Pauli Mayfield are also Deltas. Two months ago, the sorority marked its centennial with a 22 Impact project in which more than 13,000 Deltas participated in community service oriented deeds throughout the District. Deltas helped to prepare meals for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses at Food & Friends in Northeast. Members also helped to put together Black History Month pamphlets and archive audio files at the Mary McLeod Bethune House in Northwest while others offered career ad-

vice at a women’s Dress for Success event at the Salvation Army in Southeast. “We do this as Black History Month has closed and Women’s History Month begins,” Boyd said, during the March 3 ceremony. “We celebrate women’s history, which is something we’re very much a part of. While we have accomplished much, there is still much to be done for African-American rights and the rights of women.” Delta Sigma Theta plans to continue its centennial celebration in D.C., with its annual convention July 11-18 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest. wi The Washington Informer

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Samia Mahbub Ahmad mesmerized music lovers at the INTERSECTIONS Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Northeast. The festival runs through Sunday, March 10. /Photo courtesy of the Atlas Performing Arts Center

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Samia Mahbub Ahmad’s gentle vocals that floated over classical Indian instrumentals, seemed more suited for a balmy tropical climate than the chilly rain falling outside of the Atlas Performing Arts Center not long ago. But as she played one of the first fulllength concerts of the center’s fourth INTERSECTIONS Festival, a full house of music lovers basked in the warm drone of her tanpura, the stringed Indian instrument that accompanied two musicians playing ancient rhythms on the tabla drums and sarod. This is the second year that the native of Bangladesh has participated in “INTERSECTIONS,” which, according to publicist Renee Littleton, strives to be as multicultural as the community that surrounds the Atlas Performing Arts Center in the DMV metropolitan area. “It was announced in a newsletter that they were seeking proposals,” Ahmad said, “so I wrote The Washington Informer

to Mary Hall (Surface) saying that I play Hindustani Classical music, and I don’t know whether it could be part of the INTERSECTIONS theme. She said ‘yes, go ahead and send in your proposal.’ That’s how we got started,” she said enthusiastically, still wearing her brilliant orange Bangladeshi sari and gold bangles from her performance. In Lab 2, Nigerian-born Tosin performed “Igi Nsoro: Talking Trees” an interactive drum circle, story-telling and concert for families, celebrating the tree as the source of a variety of musical instruments. This is the third time that Tosin Aribisala, who is known professionally by his first name, has participated in “INTERSECTIONS,” since the first festival in 2010. While enrolled in an arts program at the Music Center at Strathmore, Tosin’s mentor, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jon Carroll asked if the young drummer would be interested in collaborating on a concert. They headlined the first INTERSECTIONS Festival,

and the following year, he came back to perform for the free café concerts, held in the lobby in between performances. “After that, I became very familiar with [the] INTERSECTIONS Festival.” Tosin intoned in a melodic Nigerian accent. “I didn’t participate last year, because I wasn’t sure where I was directing my musical path at the time. But I got an email last year about [the] 2013 INTERSECTIONS Festival, and I said ‘why not give it a try?’ I sent in two proposals; one for the workshop, and one for my band Afrikan Rhapsody.” “I’ve done my workshop before elsewhere, at Strathmore Music Center and Goucher College summer program, but this is the first time doing it at INTERSECTIONS,” he said. “It was part of the proposal I sent, and they were highly interested. We have followings at these events, people who visit my website and know about my performances, but we also open up to new au-

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When: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:00am-2:00pm

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS and SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDE: Alexandria City (VA); Anne Arundel (MD); Arlington (VA); Baltimore City (MD); Baltimore County (MD); Bloomfield (CT); Calvert County (MD); Cape Henlopen (DE); Center City Public Charter Schools (DC); Chesterfield County (VA); Dallas ISD (TX); Detroit (MI); District of Columbia Public Schools; Duval County (FL); Elementary School District 159 (IL); Fairfax County (VA); Fayette County (KY); Garland SD (TX); Harlem Children’s Zone (NY); Higher Ground Academy (MN); KIPP DC; Loudoun (VA); Morris School District (NJ); Nobel Network Charter Schools (IL); Paul Public Charter School (DC); Prince Georges County (MD); Scholar Academies (PA); Springfield Public Schools (MA); St. Coletta of Greater Washington; The Key School (MD); The Madeira School (VA); Uncommon Schools (NY);Virginia Beach (VA); Wake County (NC)…

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iNTERSECTIONS continued from Page 28 diences,” the multi-talented vocalist, who also plays guitar and piano, said. “The people who came to the workshop were all new to me. INTERSECTIONS exposes us to them.” Tosin and Afrikan Rhapsody, who perform on March 9th, will help close out a marathon of performances at the Atlas, which by March 10th will have seen more than 600 artists and over 100 performances within the span of three weekends, with a weekday or two added during its run. With music, dance, spoken word and theater, the all-arts INTERSECTIONS 2013, has expanded not only the number of days it runs, but also the variety of artists involved. For the first time, Faction of Fools Theater Company joined the festival celebrating worldwide Commedia

dell’Arte Day 2013 last Monday. The festival has continued to grow and expand since 2010. INTERSECTIONS Festival Director Mary Hall Surface programmed 20 free café concerts and 25 special events, film and visual arts into this year’s offerings. One such special event is the Washington premier of “Holding it Down: The Veteran’s Dreams Project,” by international jazz composer/pianist Vijay Iyer, spoken word artist Mike Ladd and veteran poet Maurice Decaul. The documentary project will explore experiences of veterans of color in the Iraq and Afghan wars through the lens of their dreams. “Holding it Down,” will play on Friday, March 8th and again on Saturday, March 9th. “It was a wonderful experience in many ways,” Ahmad said. “First, as an artist you seek to find a community where you

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2014 Acura RLX: Acura’s Flagship Sedan is Reborn By Njuguna Kabugi WI Contributing Writer Acura, Honda’s luxury nameplate, was at one time the standard by which Americans judged Japanese luxury automobiles. With models like the Legend, Integra and NSX, Acura set the bar for quality engineering, safety and luxury. But with mishaps – such as the baffling branding strategy that resulted in Acura abandoning well-known names in favor of less distinctive alphabet soup combinations such as TL, TSX, RL and ZDX, and more recently, the bizarre grille the automaker pasted on all of its offerings, Acura has lost much of its original distinctive sizzle. The shift away from what many see as the foundation of the brand – making nimble, sporty cars that served

as the showcase for Honda’s most advanced technology, has left Acura in an awkward place. Today, Acura’s best-selling model is not a sedan. That honor goes to the MDX SUV, which has been the best seller the last few years. Last year, close to one-third of all Acura sales were MDXs. Acura’s flagship sedan, the RL, has witnessed the biggest decline in sales ever since the company changed the car’s name from the Legend. The RL’s mediocre sales have bordered on embarrassment: last month it sold just 11 units. That’s not a good place for a brand’s flagship, which is why Honda is throwing almost everything it has into recapturing lost glory by introducing the RLX, the first reinvention of the premier sedan in more than a decade. The 2014 RLX, which was launched in D.C.-area showrooms last week, is the most powerful, spacious, and technologically advanced sedan intro-

duced by the luxury brand. Featuring an array of signature technologies, the RLX is conservatively styled but is far more elegantly executed than the RL. It is attractive enough to appeal to the practical, value-conscious buyer who gravitates toward Acura. From our brief test drive, we were impressed with Acura’s latest attempt to challenge higher luxury European and Japanese brands. The result is a sedan that is a mid-size on the outside but is almost full-size inside. While the rear seat is considerably more spacious than the cramped one on the RL, in terms of size and interior volume per liter, the RLX offers more leg room, shoulder room and head space than the BMW 5 series and Lexus GS350. By using high-strength steel and aluminum in the body, Honda has trimmed the RLX by 275 pounds compared with the RL, bringing about a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency – which translates into a top-class EPA fuel economy rating of 20/31/24 mpg (city/highway/ combined). The RLX is powered by a version of Honda’s 3.5-liter V-6 fitted with direct injection and cylinder deactivation technology (Variable Cylinder Management in Acura-speak) that produces 310 horsepower and 272 lb-ft of torque. The discontinued RL

With a longer wheelbase than competing mid-luxury sedans, the new RLX delivers full-size interior space in a nimbler, mid-size luxury sedan package. /Photo courtesy of American Honda

did not offer a hybrid version, but the RLX will. A new hybrid system that uses a gas engine to power the front wheels and electric motors to power the rear wheels will be introduced in fall 2013. Combined output will be 370 hp with estimated fuel economy of 30 mpg overall. The new RLX reaches higher into the high-end luxury sedan market with an impressive array of advanced safety, driver-assistive, and information and media technologies. The car also comes with seven airbags (including a new driver’s knee airbag). Acura anticipates earning 5-star top-level safety ratings from the government later this year. From informal surveys we have conducted at several area dealerships, the RLX has been

well received by Acura enthusiasts and may well increase the automaker’s visibility. This endorsement, however, comes with a caveat – raising Acura’s luxury profile will not be easy because its standing as the premier Asian luxury brand has been slipping in the car buyer’s mind. According to industry sources, car shoppers seem more inclined to consider Toyotas and Hondas – not Audis and Infinitis – as the equivalent of Acuras. That’s a tall chasm to close. Prices start from just under $50,000, and the top RLX full of options retails for more than $61,000. We will detail features and option packages when we conduct a full test next month. wi

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In 2003, Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc., and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics. As the leading Black female authority on DNA-based African ancestry tracing, Paige travels the globe collecting experiences and sharing insights that help people better understand who they are in today’s world. As African Ancestry celebrates its 10th anniversary, Paige shares her collected wisdoms that remind us of the rich influences Africa has in our lives today. I was once interviewed by a mainstream women’s publication about my role as the President and Co-founder of AfricanAncestry.com. As I shared my experience through a Black lens, the frustrated interviewer – a White woman - finally asked, “But what about the fact that you’re a woman?” It had never occurred to me that the challenges I faced resulted from my being a WOMAN any more than my being Black. For African-American women, race and gender are beautifully intertwined. With that, I think this Women’s History Month is the perfect time to explore the distinct qualities of our ancestral mothers who have influenced today’s Black businesswomen like myself. Did you know that in our history, most West African societies were matrilineal, meaning that they were led by women? African women were queens, chiefs, warriors, political leaders and business leaders. These were not just titles, but active roles in which women owned land that generated tax revenue, set the laws of the nation, led armies, and set the education system. These roles required innovation, tenacity, networking, coalition-building, and hard work. All of these skills come naturally to Black women. Did you know that while women are underrepresented among business owners, women-owned businesses contribute significantly to our economy? When Maggie Lena Walker became the first woman to charter a bank in the U.S in 1902, St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, in Richmond, Virginia, she may have been influenced by the DNA and social mores of the Egbe women in Nigeria. These women developed the nation’s trade and market system, setting taxes and the terms of trade. Did you know that fewer than 2 percent of American venture capitalists are African American? As the co-founder of Fairview Capital, a private equity “fund of funds,” in Hartford, Connecticut. JoAnn H. Price has invested in the success of entrepreneurs throughout the U.S. since 1994. Her professional endeavors are firmly rooted in her genetics. As a matrilineal descendant of the Bamileke people, she hails from women who are the leaders of women’s entrepreneurship in Cameroon both formally and informally. Did you know that Black women comprise about 14 percent of all Black farmers in the U.S.? Historically, Kikuyu women in Kenya were the major food producers of that country. They had authority over how land was to be used and cultivated. Alabama organic farmer Rose Hill develops and empowers women farmer/entrepreneurs through her organization, Women and Youth in Agriculture, and sets an example by supplying produce to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Did you know that fewer than 1 percent of all small businesses are Black woman-owned? Bridewealth often provided African women with a source of income that they controlled, thus serving as an investment in their economic futures. The business model created by Nadine Thompson, founder of Soul Purpose in Exeter, NH empowers women to pursue financial success through beauty. Perhaps Nadine’s warm spirit reflects the Sande Society in Sierra Leone, which protects the ideals of the beauty of Mende women. Did you know fewer than 1 percent of Internet startups are founded by African Americans? Queen Nzinga was a brilliant military strategist who successfully fought the expansion of Portuguese colonialism in Angola. Angela Benton in Silicon Valley is a present-day warrior queen for Blacks and women in technology through her NewME accelerator, preparing those groups for entrepreneurial success in today’s new economy. A Black woman in America is often expected to be a woman first and Black second, as if she has a choice between the two. As demonstrated by the women I’ve written about here and the many women who you know, we are at our best when we are both. An entrepreneurial spirit has been inherent within us for centuries, whether we realize it or not. So if you’ve ever thought about starting a business, recommending a process improvement at work, or pursuing a leadership role in your community … Do it. It’s in your DNA!

A Salute to a Trailblazer! Filmmakers Colin Wiley (left) and Hans Charles (2nd left) participate in a panel discussion with actor Malik Yoba (2nd right) and moderated by WJLA reporter Jummy Olabanji. The panelists discussed the life and works of photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer Gordon Parks during Macy’s Black History Month program in Northwest on Feb. 21. /Photo by Roy Lewis

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CANCER Keep an eye on your budget this week, but also indulge your creative senses with the visual and the tactile. You might find yourself wanting to “feel” something new in your hands. Just the feeling may be enough; you don’t necessarily have to spend money to satisfy your artistic urge this week. Soul Affirmation: Happiness is my only goal this week. Lucky Numbers: 4, 15, 22 LEO Call early in the week and make a date so you can catch the person that you want to spend time with this week. An old love may turn up in your romantic mix, and romance will be very sweet if you rise above the temptation to remember why you split in the first place! Soul Affirmation: What I need to be is fully present inside of me. Lucky TRIM Numbers: 21, 36, 43

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VIRGO This is a good week for exercising that clever mind of yours. Luck will be with you in all endeavors you start. Luck is with you always because positive outlook attracts positive vibrations. Soul Affirmation: I appear to others what I know myself to be. Lucky Numbers: 5, 8, 10

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PISCES If you want to keep your positive outlook intact, avoid gossip and those who might want to just cry the blues for no good reason. You’ll be happiest this week if you keep busy and keep your opinions to yourself. However, good advice is available from an older female relative. Soul Affirmation: I turn all of my emotions toward the home front. Lucky Numbers: 15, 24, 47

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AVoice Awards at the Howard Theatre! Reps. John Conyers (second right), Chaka Fattah (left), President and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation A. Shuanise Washington (right), with Grammy-award winning artist Stevie Wonder (center left) as he accepts the Distinguished Individual AVoice Heritage Award during the AVoice Heritage celebration at the Howard Theatre in Northwest on Feb. 26. /Photo by Mark Mahoney

Wells Fargo representatives present a $5,000 check to Bowie State University President Mickey L. Burnim on Feb. 21 to benefit the university’s Fine and Performing Arts Center. The Washington Informer Newspaper and Wells Fargo co-sponsored the screening of the documentary, “Brown Babies” during Black History Month in the center’s theater. /Photo by Khalid Naji-Allah

Reps. Charlie Rangle (right), Chaka Fattah (left), President and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation A. Shuanise Washington (second left), with Time Warner VP of Public Policy Kyle Dixon (second right) as he accepts the Distinguished Corporation AVoice Heritage Award during the AVoice Heritage celebration at the Howard Theatre in Northwest on Feb. 26. /Photo by Mark Mahoney

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LIFESTYLE sitions that sounded good and paid well, or seemed interesting and came with opportunity. Humans, it’s believed, are wired for work. We need to contribute somehow, in some meaningful way. But as you’ll see in the new book “Double Victory” by Cheryl Mullenbach, some jobs don’t come without a double battle. Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, a desperate call went out for workers because America’s men were going to war. White women were encouraged to do the jobs their men had left behind. Black

women wanted to do their part, too. They saw a chance to help win the war and to make better money: many of them were getting $2 a week as domestics, while factory jobs might pay 20 times that. Time and time again, however, they were turned away – even though President Franklin Roosevelt had signed Executive Order 8802, which encouraged “full participation in the national defense program by all citizens … regardless of race …” Emboldened, black women kept trying for jobs and, eventually, despite ongoing discrim-

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ination, there was such a strong need for workers that some were finally hired (although still segregated). At first, the jobs were menial or purposely difficult in the hopes that the women would quit. But they didn’t, which encouraged other black women to bust barriers wide open. Even black actors got into the effort to win the war. When the government finally allowed black men into the Armed Forces, black women leaped to join, too, and were accepted into the WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp, later just WAC) in 1942. They still faced segregation but were finally allowed to “do their part” at home and overseas. And yet, despite what they sacrificed in service to their country just as their white countrymen did, when the war ended, there was just more discrimination. No doubt about it, “Double Victory” is an eye-opener, especially for the generations born post-WWII. Through interviews, newspaper accounts, books, documents, and diaries, author Cheryl Mullenbach tells the story of a courageous group of women who were determined to serve their country, even when it seemed that no one wanted them to. It’s shocking to see how black women endured more severe discrimination than did their male counterparts, and I was surprised at the almost-ridiculous lengths to which segregation went to keep black women as more than second-class citizens. I almost wanted to cheer as I read each individual story that Mullenbach includes here; these were women who were tough as nails and as tenacious as pitbulls in Army-issued “exercise dresses.” Seriously, how cool is that? While this seems to be a book for teen readers, I surely think adults will get just as much out of every word here. If you’re looking for a book with an until-now-quiet story, “Double Victory” will do the job. wi

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Washington Wizards guard John Wall sails to the basket as New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony defends during NBA action on Friday, March 1 at the Verizon Center in Northwest. New York defeated Washington 96-88 before a sellout crowd. Wall scored 16 points in the contest. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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The Howard Lady Bison basketball team defeated Delaware State University 65-39 at the Burr Gymnasium in Northwest on Saturday, March 2. Howard fans said goodbye to the 2012-13 senior class which includes: Cheyenne Curley-Payne, Nicole Deterville, Portia Deterville, Saadia Doyle, Julee Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil, Kara Smith and Adelle Walton. The Lady Bison will participate in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament on Monday, March 11 in Norfolk, Va. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

Howard University Lady Bison guard Saadia Doyle drives between two Delaware State players in the first half of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college basketball action on Saturday, March 2 at the Burr Gymnasium in Northwest. Howard defeated Delaware State 65-39. Doyle led Howard in scoring with a team-high 17 points and has scored 2,221 points and grabbed 1,129 rebounds during her collegiate career. She currently ranks 14th in the country with 21 points per game. /Photo by John E. De Freitas Howard University guard Calvin Thompson and Delaware State center Kendall Gray fight for the ball in the first half of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) action on Saturday, March 2 at the Burr Gymnasium in Northwest. Seniors Tre Lee, Anton Dickerson, Calvin Thompson and Mike Phillips were honored during a pre-game ceremony. Howard will participate in the MEAC Tournament which begins on March 11 in Norfolk, Va. /Photo by John E. De Freitas

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All Nations Baptist Hosts 5TH Annual Spelling Bee By Lyndia Grant WI Contributing Writer The annual Black History Month Spelling Bee was held on Sunday, Feb. 24 at All Nations Baptist Church in Northeast, where the Rev. Dr. James Coleman is pastor. The spelling bee, now in its fifth year, was sponsored by the church’s Sunday Enrichment School, and moderated by Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer. Patricia Plummer, president of the Board of Directors, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, and Monita Laurent, manager for the Office of Contract and Licensing, D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, served as judges. The event’s three top winners included Dameon Matthews, from Orr Elementary School, who took first place; DeJosiah

Ward, from Noyes Elementary School, who placed second; and third-place winner, Leon Jones, who attends Langdon Education Campus. Everyone who attended the event seemed impressed. “First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the participants in this year’s spelling bee. And, I’d also like to congratulate the parents for working with their children in terms of their academics and especially their spelling skills,” said Rolark Barnes, who encouraged the students to keep up the good work. “I’d also like to encourage our young spellers to follow up with their schools so that they can participate in the Washington Informer’s annual Spelling Bee.” Rolark Barnes commended the students for being so conscientious. “The fact that you all would practice for the spelling bee be-

fore church services and do so well, it really shows the value that you place on your own education and your spirituality,” she said. Other finalists included Kelby Chichester, from DC Prep Charter School; Takia Holsey, from Noyes Education Campus; Keshawn Lamons, from Largo High School; Marc Moaland, from Imagine Hope Community Charter School; Julian Reid, from Wye River Upper School; and Noel Overby, from Noyes Elementary School. Rev. Coleman beamed throughout the event. “The role of the church is to be a cultivating ground to assist young people in expanding and enriching their verbal skills. Our annual spelling bee permits youth to display their range of English comprehension,” Rev. Coleman said.

All Nations Baptist Church hosted its annual spelling bee on Feb. 24. The spelling bee, now in its fifth year, was sponsored by the church’s Sunday Enrichment School. /Photo courtesy of Morgan Ray

Students brought their A game to this year’s spelling bee and it showed. “This year, the All Nations Baptist Church annual spelling bee proved to be one of the most exciting we’ve had in the past five years. All the students did an outstanding job; but the two finalists made our day worth the effort, said Minister Paulette Holloway, who’s at the helm of the Sunday Enrichment School Ministry.

“The 2nd and 4th graders volleyed back-and-forth through so many rounds, we thought we might have to consider new rules to identify a finalist. It was certainly our ‘adrenaline boost’ to keep this meaningful event going,” she said. While Dameon, DeJosiah and Leon took home trophies and cash awards, each of the participants were awarded free meals by the McDonald’s Corporation. wi

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Fanning the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic Part 4

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own. 1 Corinthians 6:19 NIV Last week, you read Part Three of my “Fanning the Flames of the Diabetes Epidemic.” Those of you who have followed this column faithfully will be able to witness the devastation, and you will learn how to avoid the horrors of this disease. My mother only lived 12 years after her diagnosis. Here is the continuation of her story. Last week, I shared how mother lost both of her legs, had to have kidney dialysis for the last few years of her life; and she had at least seven strokes in 12 years. She was my age, 61 when she had her first major stroke, which resulted in paralysis. She ended up in Howard University Hospital, and it was during that particular hospital stay that her diabetes was discovered. Last week, I discussed how we learned to enjoy ‘soul food’ and I shared its origins. This week, I’m continuing that research. There is a bright side to this story, think about it: slaves worked from the time that the sun rose until the sun went down. They burned all of the calories they consumed plus more! They received strenuous daily exercise, which kept them healthy! It really didn’t matter what they ate, because their diets, by today’s standards would have put weight on them too, but regardless as to what they consumed, they didn’t gain a pound. They burned fat off every day as they worked in the fields. It was a vicious cycle. They ate, and

then worked off the sweets and carbohydrates. The following day, they did the same thing, with a break only on Sundays. Slaves didn’t die from diseases such as diabetes or cancer, and don’t think their bowels didn’t move regularly as well; thus eliminating colon cancer. They eliminated toxins from their bodies through sweat and perspiration. Although they were tired from the strenuous work, the upside was, they had healthy bodies. All of the diseases we’re plagued with today like diabetes came along later due to the many lifestyle changes associated with sedentary jobs. Here’s the lesson: we can become whatever we want to become; we can achieve whatever we set our sights on achieving; and we can have whatever we want if we work hard and maintain our focus. We know this is true when we look around and see role models like President Barack Obama and his family living in the White House. He was re-elected by a country with this horrible history; we see Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Bill Cosby, and others; the list goes on and on. Today, blacks live in fabulous homes; our children can now go to college. The problem is, far too many African Americans continue to enjoy those delicious foods handed down to us by our ancestors – our diets haven’t changed very much. However, we’ve forgotten one very important fact, our ancestors worked 12-16 hour days, performing physical labor. They received the necessary exercise daily, therefore, they didn’t get

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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Rev. James Manion Supply Priest Foggy Bottom • Founded in 1867 728 23rd Street, NW • Washington, DC 20037 Church office: 202-333-3985 • Fax : 202-338-4958 Worship Services Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.

Blessed Word of Life Church Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors 4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax Schedule of Services: Sunday School – 9:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service – 11:00 AM Communion Service – First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study – Tuesday, 6:30 PM www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org e-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org

Campbell AME Church Reverend Daryl K. Kearney, Pastor 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., S E Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email:Campbell@mycame.org Sunday Worship Service 10: am Sunday Church School 8: 45 am Bible Study Wednesday 12:00 Noon Wednesday 7:00 pm Thursday 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE Washington, DC 20020

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Rev. John W. Davis, Pastor 5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089 Sunday Worship Service 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7;00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm gsccm.administration@verizon.net

Pilgrim Baptist Church

700 I. Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Pastor Louis B. Jones, II and Pilgrim invite you to join us during our July and August Summer schedule! Attire is Christian casual. Worship: Sundays@ 7:30 A.M. & 10:00 A.M. 3rd Sunday Holy Communion/Baptism/Consecration Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @12:00 Noon @ 6:30 P.M. – One Hour of Power! (202) 547-8849 www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org

Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ Drs. Dennis W. and Christine Y. Wiley, Pastors 3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax) SERVICES AND TIMES: SUNDAYS: 8:00 AM and 10:45 AM Worship Services BIBLE STUDY: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30 PM (dinner @ 5:30 PM) SUNDAY SCHOOL: 9:45 AM – Hour of Power “An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org

Morning Star Baptist Church Pastor Gerald L Martin Senior Minister 3204 Brothers Place S.E. Washington, D.C. 20032 202-373-5566 or 202-373-5567

Church of Living Waters

Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor Harold Andrew, Assistant Pastor 4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464 Schedule of Service Sunday Service: 8:30 AM & 11:00 AM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org

St. Stephen Baptist Church Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. State Overseer 5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555 Sunday Early Morning Worship - 7:45 a.m. Church School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship – 10:45 a.m. Tuesday – Thursday - Kingdom Building Bible Institute – 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Prayer/Praise/Bible Study – 7:30 p.m. Baptism & Communion Service- 4th Sunday – 10:30am Radio Broadcast WYCB -1340 AM-Sunday -6:00pm T.V. Broadcast - Channel 190 – Sunday -4:00pm/Tuesday 7:00am

“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org e-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net

Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., • Pastor 2498 Alabama Ave., SE • Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 • www.acamec.org 2008: The Year of New Beginnings “Expect the Extraordinary”

Crusader Baptist Church

Isle of Patmos Baptist Church Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews • Senior Pastor 1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 Fax: (202) 526-1661

Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan, Pastor 800 I Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 Fax No. 202-548-0703

Sunday Worship Services: 8:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. Sunday Church School - 9:15a.m. & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30a.m. 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study - 10:00a.m. Tuesday Topical Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Wednesday Children’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Thursday Men’s Bible Study - 6:30p.m. Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service - 6:30p.m. Saturday Adult Bible Study - 10:00a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday Sunday School-9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study – 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study – 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes- Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org

“The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”

“God is Love”

Third Street Church of God Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor 1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202.347.5889 office 202.638.1803 fax Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30 p.m. “Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital” www.thirdstreet.org

Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net

Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor 610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45 AM Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45 AM; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45 AM; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6 AM & 6:30 PM Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org emailus@gmchc.org

ST Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Dr. Raymond T. Matthews, Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews Sunday School 9:am Worship Service 10:am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service 6:45 pm Thur. Bible Study 7:15 pm

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Mount Carmel Baptist Church

52 Years of Expert Engraving Services

Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor 901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423 Sunday Church School : 9: 30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10: 45am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10: 45am themcbc.org

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All Nations Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church 900 Delaware Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20020 (202) 488-7417 (202) 484-2242 Rev. Dr. J. Michael Little Pastor Sunrise Prayer: 6:00 AM Sunday School: 9:30 AM Morning Worship 11:00 AM Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday-11:00AM www.friendshipbaptistdc.org Email: frienshipde1900@verizon.net

Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor 2001 North Capitol St, N.E. • Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591

King Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor 2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730

Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration

Sunday School – 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 am Baptismal Service – 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion – 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study – Wednesday -7:30 pm

Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards

“Where Jesus is the King”

Zion Baptist Church

Israel Baptist Church

Full Gospel Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor 2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family” Sunday Worship 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service Tuesdays – 8:00pm www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org

Sermon On The Mount Temple Of Joy Apostolic Faith

Florida Avenue Baptist Church Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor

Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert SR. Pastor

623 Florida Ave.. NW • WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 • Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 • Fax (202) 483-4009

4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184

Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday

9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net

Matthews Memorial Baptist Church

Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor

Rev. Charles Y. Davis, Jr. Sr. Pastor

5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005

Dr. C. Matthew Hudson, Jr, Pastor

4850 Blagdon Ave, NW • Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 • Fax (202) 291-3773

1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288

14350 Frederick Rd. Cooksville, MD 21723 (410) 489-5069

Elder Herman L. Simms, Pastor

2616 MLK Ave., SE • Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 • Fax 202-678-3304

Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study/Prayer: 6:30-8:00 pm Holy Communion 2nd Sunday Pre-Marital Counseling/Venue for Weddings Prison Ministry Knowledge Base

Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.

Web: www.FullGospelBC.org Email: fullgospelbc1946@verizon.net “IF YOU NEED REST, THIS HOUSE IS OPEN”

Sunday Worship Service 10:15AM- Praise and Worship Services Sunday School 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org

Mount Moriah Baptist Church

St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Study: Monday - 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting: Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Lucius M. Dalton, Senior Pastor 1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 Fax: 202-544-2964 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am and 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon and 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org

Rehoboth Baptist Church

St. Matthews Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor 1105 New Jersey Ave, S.E • Washington, DC 20003 202 488-7298 Order of Services Sunday Worship Services: 9:05 A.M. Sunday School: 8:00 A.M. Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting: 7:00 P.M. (Tuesday) Bible Study: 7:30 P.M. (Tuesday) Theme: “Striving to be more like Jesus “Stewardship”. Philippians 3:12-14; Malachi 3:8-10 and 2 Corinthians 9:7 Email: stmatthewbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.com

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking Wednesday at 8:00 P.M. Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42

New Commandment Baptist Church

Rev. Terry D. Streeter Pastor

Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Pastor and Overseer

215 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. • WD.C. 20001 (202) 332-5748

625 Park Rd, NW • WDC 20010 P: 202 291-5711 • F: 202 291-5666

Early Morning Worship: 7:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:45 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. C.T.U. Sunday: 2:45 p.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Prayer Service: Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Mondays 12 p.m.

Sunday Worship Service - 11 am Sunday School - 9:45 am Bible Study & Prayer Wed. - 7 pm Substance Abuse Counseling 7 pm (Mon & Fri) Jobs Partnership - 7 pm (Mon & Wed) Sat. Enrichment Experience - 9:30 am

Salem Baptist Church

“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”

Shiloh Baptist Church

Rev. R. Vincent Palmer Pastor

Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor

Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor

621 Alabama Avenue, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 F: (202) 561-1112

917 N St. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294

9th & P Street, N.W. • W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4200

The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD

Sunrise Prayer Services - Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.

Morning Worship: 8:00 a.m Church School : 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:55 a.m. Bible Study, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting,Thursday : 7:30 p.m.

Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion: 10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm

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Holy Trinity United Baptist Church

Early Worship Service 7:30a.m Worship Service 10:45a.m. New Members Class 9:30a.m. Holy Communion : 1st Sunday -10:45a.m Church School 9:30a.m. Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: Wednesday 7p.m Bible Study : Saturday: 11a.m. Baptism: 4th Sunday – 10:45a.m “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”

Peace Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell 712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Sunday Morning Worship Service 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service 10:50am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm “The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net

First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church 602 N Street NW • Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595 Sunday Worship Services: 7:45am & 11:00am Sunday school For All Ages 9:30am Prayer Services Wednesday 11:30am & 6:45pm Bible Institute Wednesday at Noon & 7:45pm “Changing Lives On Purpose “ Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org

Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Bobby L. Livingston, Sr. Pastor 75 Rhode Island Ave. NW • Washington, DC 20001 (202) 667-4448

Sunrise Prayer Service 6:00 A.M. Sunday Church School 8:30 A.M. Pre-Worship Devotionals 9:45 A.M. Morning Worship Services 10:00 A.M. Holy Communion 1st Sunday Worship Services Bible Study Tuesdays, 6:00 P.M. Thursdays, 1:00 P.M. Prayer Meetings Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. Thursdays, 12:00 P.M.

Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study

Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor 2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 Fax: (202) 529-7738 Order of Services Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services: Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon Email:mthoreb@mthoreb.org Website:www.mthoreb.org For further information, please contact me at (202) 529-3180.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131

Administration No. 2012 ADM 1094

Administration No. 2013 ADM 144

Mary E. Edwards Decedent

Elmer M. Whiting Decedent

Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney

Louvenia W. Williams, Esq. 9500 Arena Drive, #450 Largo, MD 20774 Attorney

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS

Terry Mitchell, whose address is7604 Camelia Court, Clinton, MD 20735, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Mary E. Edwards, who died on September 22, 2008 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 21, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 21, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Elber Francis Whiting, whose address is 6423 24th Place, Hyattsville, MD 20782, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Elmer M. Whiting, who died on November 26, 2012 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship.

Date of first publication: February 21, 2013

Date of first publication: February 28, 2013

Terry Mitchell Personal Representative

Elber Francis Whiting Personal Representative

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Administration No. 2013 ADM 122

Notice of Standard Probate

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Administration No. 2013 ADM 126 Marie Scarborough Decedent Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. 1308 Ninth Street, NW, suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Michael L. Shorter, whose address is 1112 Chaplin Street, SE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Marie Scarborough, who died on August 28, 2011 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 28, 2013 Michael L. Shorter Personal Representative

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Edwina Gray, whose address is 923 11 Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, was appointed personal representative of the estate of Helen D. Gray aka Helen Delores Gray, who died on January 12, 2013 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W. Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before August 28, 2013. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before August 28, 2013, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address and relationship. Date of first publication: February 28, 2013 Edwina Gray Personal Representative

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Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in this Court by Deborah D. Boddie, Esq. for standard probate, including the appointment of one or more personal representative. Unless a complaint or an objection in accordance with Superior Court Probate Division Rule 407 is filed in this Court within 30 days from the date of first publication of this notice, the Court may take the action hereinafter set forth. In the absence of a Will or proof satisfactory to the Court of due execution, enter an order determining that the decedent died intestate. Confirm the successor unsupervised personal representative.

Date of first publication: March 7, 2013 Deborah D. Boddie 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Personal Representative

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they will someday have to account to a higher court for their actions, irrespective of what they “think.” Even now, after all the lies have come out and after most reasonable people know the Iraq war was not based on the premise put forth by Colin Powell at the United Nations, they still say they did the right thing. I don’t know how they sleep with the blood of thousands on their hands. Of course, at the bottom of the Iraq mess was economic enrichment: no-bid contracts, the construction and maintaining of the largest embassy in the world, $9 billion dollars in cash still unaccounted for, Ahmed Chalabi getting his payoff, Halliburton, KBR, and all the others who made millions off the war in Iraq. The hypocrisy that reigns now, especially among some of our politicians who earn a minimum of $174,000 compared to a soldier who makes less than $45,000, is

embarrassing, insulting and, if you ask me, even sinful. To see the symbolic reverence and respect portrayed by politicians when they visit graves and hospitals, juxtaposed against their mistreatment, neglect, and ignoring the needs of veterans is unbearable. It’s as though veterans’ lives and sacrifices are only good for photo-ops. Back to the stupid needless war in Iraq. We should be ashamed of our leaders for perpetrating the biggest fraud of the past century, well maybe at least the second biggest next to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 – another Big Lie. Talk about legacies. Daddy Bush gave us Clarence Thomas; Dubya gave us the Iraq war; I wonder what Jeb Bush has up his sleeve for an encore if gets elected. The Big Lie was exactly that, and now we have the long awaited unmitigated truth about what happened and how some of us were made to believe the lie. The lie cost $1 trillion and many lives, and it was recited and recanted, in spite of the fact that many insiders

knew it was a lie. But, the public, the electorate, the “people” believed the lie and were scared into thinking our soldiers were headed to Iraq to protect our shores and cities from a nuclear weapon Saddam did not have that would be fired at a place it could not reach. To use those ominous words of George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice, as lies go, they don’t get any bigger than a “mushroom cloud.” We the people are being treated like mushrooms; they keep us in the dark and feed us cow manure. “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell. wi Jim Clingman, founder of the Greater Cincinnati African American Chamber of Commerce, is the nation’s most prolific writer on economic empowerment for Black people. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and can be reached through his Web site, blackonomics. com.

nounce public policies that are really in their best interest. Former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) says the Republican Party is “in denial” about its image problems with minority voters – and he argues the “burden of proof ” is on the GOP to show it is sincere about repairing relationships with communities tilting toward Democrats. “We are in denial – because the fact is that many people associate the Republican Party as the party of the rich,” Watts told The Hill. Watts left Congress in 2003 where he served as Republican caucus chairman, the fourth highest position in the party. He recently launched INSIGHT America,

a nonprofit group designed to boost diversity within the GOP. But Watts had a different, open-door philosophy, for the good of Black people, not just the elites, when he was in office. “The burden of proof is on us and it starts with relationships. We lost eight out of 10 demographics in the last election, so we have to be getting back to basics,” he added. The basics, in my opinion, are improving the conditions, the culture, and the lives of people across the board in this country, not just attracting a few wannabe rich folks. But the GOP efforts at minority outreach are concentrated

on touting a few prominent success stories while never saying anything to the folks stuck at the bottom of this society. Case in point, the speaker at the GOP Black Trailblazers event was none other than David Steward, founder of World Wide Technology – a billion-dollar St. Louis firm. Steward’s story which details the up-by-his-ownbootstraps personal saga, reads a lot like the narrative of Williams. The problem, in my view, is that Republicans simply want Black votes to help them win elections. They really don’t care about transforming the lives of those they would entice into their web. wi

and income inequality in our nation and the materialism, militarism, poverty, and racism Dr. King warned could destroy us. We have come a very long way towards honoring the Declaration of Independence’s affirmation that “all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights” and overcoming some of the effects of the huge birth defects of slavery, Native American genocide, and the exclusion of women and non-propertied White men from equal footing in our new nation. But we must continue to move forward until a level playing field is a reality and resist those who seek to move us backwards into a

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